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    Air Force discharging sergeant who doubts Obama

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Air Force said Wednesday it is discharging a hero of the so-called birther movement who refused to report to duty in Germany for a few days earlier this month because he doubts President Barack Obama's citizenship.

    Staff Sgt. Daryn Moran expects to be discharged within the next week. Although the 41-year-old Nebraska man refused to report to duty and had called for Obama's arrest in statements on websites, several other things contributed to his discharge, including his opposition to Obama's decision to allow gays to serve openly in the military.

    Moran, who has served nine years in the Air Force, drew the attention of the birther movement when he shared his views on Obama's citizenship on websites of groups that believe Obama was not born in the U.S. and therefore is not eligible to serve as president or commander in chief.

    Obama released a copy of his detailed birth certificate from Hawaii in April in an attempt to quell the questions about whether he was born outside the U.S. But many birthers contend Obama's birth certificate must be a fake.

    Moran was an ophthalmology technician with the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, where he had been stationed since October 2010. He was put on leave sometime earlier this year after some of his co-workers at the eye clinic were bothered by comments he made about the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and about Muslim terrorists and how he thought Obama was connected to Muslims. One of the doctors at the clinic was Muslim.

    It's not clear whether Moran would have been prosecuted for refusing to report for duty because it appears his discharge was approved by his commander about a week beforehand.

    Air Force spokesman Michael Kucharek said Wednesday that his commander approved the discharge on Aug. 4. Moran had refused to report for duty starting last Thursday.

    Moran said he is receiving an honorable discharge, but the Air Force would only confirm that he is being discharged.

    Moran said he didn't consider his orders valid because he doesn't consider Obama's presidency valid. Even as he was waiting for the Air Force to decide what to do with him, Moran was calling for Obama's arrest.

    "I doubt America's future if we choose to abandon the Constitution at the moment of this battle with B. Obama's desire for absolute authority and unwillingness to cooperate," Moran said Wednesday in an email from Germany to The Associated Press.

    Earlier this year, an Army doctor who disobeyed deployment orders because he doubted Obama's birth records served five months of a six-month prison sentence for refusing to go to Afghanistan. Terry Lakin, of Greeley, Colo., pleaded guilty in December to disobeying orders and was convicted of missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment Lakin was tried at Fort Meade.

    Like Lakin, Moran has appeared in YouTube videos with leaders of the birther movement.

    Moran said he started doing research online about Obama after he was put on leave and after two airmen were killed in March in a shooting in Frankfurt, Germany.

    Moran's father, Howard Moran, said he's proud of his son for taking a stand, and the information his son found online also convinced him that Obama isn't qualified to be president.

    "Even if you don't agree with him, you have to give him some credit. I believe he's doing what he thinks is right," said Howard Moran, who also served in the Air Force.

    Daryn Moran joined the Air Force after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He previously served in the Marines from 1991-1995.

    Moran said Wednesday that he hoped to be back in his hometown of Omaha within the next week with his wife and two children.

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    14,099 comments

    • simon  •  8 mths ago
      The real kook was Obama's pastor for over 20 years who ranted "God dxxm America" in response to the 9/11 terrorist attack on American civilians.
      The real idiots are the white Obamanites who believe Obama's lies of racial unity when he compared himself to Moses who didn't care at all about the first born children of his adoptive mother's race being slaughtered.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Syndy
      First of all the Bible never says the fruits on the tree of knowledge of good and evil were apples nor had it anything to do with sex as many people believe. The only thing that has been confirmed by God who created Adam and Eve was that eating the fruit could make Adam and Eve become god-like, knowing good and evil.
      "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"(Genesis 3:22)
      Actually there were two creations of humans. The first creation of humans stated in Genesis 1:26-27 refers to the creation of humans in God's image and likeness. They were created with high intelligence and to have dominion over all the earth. The second creation of humans stated in Genesis 2:7-25 refers to the creation of the animal-like humans, Adam and Eve, who were created with low intelligence and for the purpose of tilling and keeping only the Garden of Eden, not to dominate the whole earth.
      As a result of the interference by Satan, the animal-like humans also became god-like humans and the humans in the two groups of god-like humans began to interbreed and did whatever they pleased as stated in Genesis 6:1-7 .
      Funny the icon of you holding a cell phone kind of reminds me of Eve holding a forbidden fruit.
      • simon 9 mths ago
        @Syndy
        Is that an "Apple" you are using in your icon?
      • simon 9 mths ago
        @Syndy
        Don't you know Obama said Moses' story was his story in his speech purported to be for a more perfect union of races?

        Don't you know Moses was a Hebrew (Israelite) raised under cover as an Egyptian in the Egyptian royal court until he became a vengeful leader who did not care at all that the first born children of his adoptive mother's race got slaughtered?

        Don't you know Obama said "I don't want them punished with a baby" when he was talking about teen pregnancy among a mostly white congregation but he said "I'm so proud of all the single moms who are out there." when he was making a speech among a mostly black congregation?

        Don't you know Moses colluded with Jehovah, the old manifestation of God, in the plan to slaughter the Egyptian first born children by not telling the Pharaoh that he was under Jehovah's mind control not to let the Israelites go so that Jehovah would have an excuse to slaughter the Egyptian born children? (Exodus 4: 21-23, 10: 1, 11: 9-10) (Compare Deuteronomy 2:29-31, Joshua 11:19-21)

        Don't you know the Pharaoh, a slave-holding dictator, was intentionally raised by Jehovah for the purpose of spreading his name throughout the earth by defeating the dictator Pharaoh whom he raised to power?
        Don't you know Jehovah felt nothing wrong with intentionally creating apparent villains to be defeated by apparent heroes and causing huge death and suffering in humans during the process just for the purpose of glorifying himself? (Romans 9:14-23).

        Don't you know Moses, in spite of being praised to be a leader against slavery, was actually a hypocrite who allowed the Israelites to hold non-Israelites as slaves after the Israelites had escaped slavery in Egypt even though those non-Israelites they bought as slaves had nothing to do with holding slaves in Egypt? (Leviticus 25: 44-46).

        Don’t you know Moses, after declaring Jehovah’s commandment of “Thou shalt not kill” to the Israelites (Exodus 20:13), committed atrocious violence to his own people that even the atrocity of cult leader Jim Jones would pale in comparison, yet he spared the originator of the problem, his brother Aaron, from his atrocity out of nepotism and even made him a high priest? (Exodus 32:25-29)(Joshua 11).

        Don't you know Jehovah sometimes used evil spirits to control the minds of human leaders to make them go to war even though they wanted peace? ( Judges 9:22-24)

        Now Syndy, please be honest.
        Do you want to see Obama’s dream of Moses’ story is his story come true?
        Do you think Obama really wanted racial harmony in the USA by saying Moses’ story was his story in his speech on race?
        Do you want the USA to be run by a racist who believes in the Black Value System?
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      Correction :(In) fact God even asked Moses to make a replica of a poisonous snake as a tool for saving the lives of Israelites bitten by the poisonous snakes.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Syndy
      Most of the Tea Partiers carry the American flag during rallies. Just because a few people in tea party rallies carry the Gadsden flag, the first flag ever carried into battle by the Continental Marine Corps during the American Revolution, doesn’t mean it is the official flag of the Tea Party. Tea Partiers respect the American flag.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Syndy
      You ask “Remember what gave Eve the Apple?”
      Nobody gave Eve any “Apple”.
      You have a very misguided understanding of the forbidden fruit and what it represented.
      More on that later.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Syndy
      Your view on snake or serpent and what it represents is so shallow.
      Serpents or snakes can be used as symbol of fear and death but they can also be used as symbols of healing and life.
      If fact God even asked Moses to make a replica of a poisonous snake as a tool for saving the lives of Israelites bitten by the poisonous snakes.
      “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
      And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived” (Numbes 21:8-9)
      In fact, one or two snakes coiling on a rod is the modern symbol of medicine and healing.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Syndy
      Remember who created all living creatures including the serpents?
      Certainly not Satan because God was the Creator of all living beings and things, including Lucifer and snakes.
      If Lucifer and snakes are totally evil, then it means God was the Creator of evil as well.
    • Chris  •  9 mths ago
      Alright Right Wingers, I am a Soldier in the US Army, A Reservist, I must say this, I am tired of these Birthers, they need to get a life, and stop trying to make excused to not respecting and following the orders of the President of the United States of America, I for one, Was not a believer in President Bush when he wanted us to go to Iraq, I thought the war should have been concentrated on Afghanistan more, to hunt for Bin Laden, instead of going somewhere where he is not, Iraq didn't attack the United States 10 years ago on September 11th, President Bush had people lie about yellow cake uranium and Iraq trying to get hold of some, that was proven to be a lie, and people in President Bush Cabinet and staff told the names of CIA operatives in the region which put their lives in Jeopardy.

      What about Bush’s AWOL, when he didn’t report for training with his Air Force National Guard unit for 8 months shouldn’t he have been other then honorable discharge from the Air Force National Guard, which would have made him ineligible to run for Government Office, and run for the President of the United States of America? Well he had high power friends when he was in the Air Force National Guard in Texas and they displaced that from the records or something like that.
      These Airmen or Soldiers, or even worst Officers, who question their orders because of the theory that President Obama birth Certificate are Not worthy of serving under our US Armed forces and should get Dishonorable Discharge. I didn’t question my Orders when I deployed in Iraq 2003 to 2004, I as a Soldier stood up do the duty that I swore and Oath too, and served honorably, and still serve 10 years later. These Service members should remember their Oath and be ashamed of their selves for trying to bring politics into to play to their service.
      • Kurt 9 mths ago
        Sorry what you are asking for are not soldiers but robots that follow orders no matter what.
      • imissbill 9 mths ago
        Thank you for that opinion and your service.
      • Miami Dolphins 9 mths ago
        thank you for yoyr service but every one has the right to their opinion even if you are tired of it. someone might be tired of yours so think about that.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Pastor Stephens
      Are you a new pastor of TUCC, the center for learning the black supremacist teaching of the BLACK VALUE SYSTEM, in which Obama had been a member over 20 years?
      Do you think the BLACK VALUE SYSTEM, which teaches members to pledge allegiance to ALL BLACK leaders (wonder if God is black) and pledge to make all resources available to the only the BLACK community, is a system that Jesus had taught to mankind?
      Are you a friend of Jeremiah Wright, the former pastor of TUCC, who ranted “God dxxm America” in response to the murder of almost three thousand American civilians on 9/11by Muslim terrorists?
      • Syndy 9 mths ago
        SHOW US YOUR PROOF SIMON I DARE YOU TO
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @Pastor Stephens
      Why do you think Obama and you being a birther regarding Moses, a Hebrew under the cover of being an Egyptian prince, is fine with you but Americans being birthers regarding Obama, a Kenyan-born politician masquerades as born in the USA, is offensive to you?

      Watch YouTube Video: AP Reported Obama Born in Kenya
      The Associated Press, a pro-Obama news agency, WAS THE ORIGINAL BIRTHER
      Do you consider those AP reporters and editors “Ignorant Fools or Racist Pigs”?
      If not, why not?
      You are a great example of something that's wrong with anti-Americans.
    • Church Mouse  •  9 mths ago
      Birther = Ignorant Fool or Racist Pig....

      Either way...

      Brithers are a great example of everything that's wrong with America (sad)
      • Syndy 9 mths ago
        And the Tea Party that was Hijacked by the Rethugs
      • simon 9 mths ago
        Tea Party Hijacked by Rethugs?
        Do be stupid.
        Rethugs hate the Tea Party just like the Obama lackeys do.
        Rethugs don't want to be associated with the Tea Party.
        Remember John McCain called Tea Partiers Hobbits?
        However it is true that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by black racists and racist obsequious to blacks.
    • Simon Mol AIDS Metapedia  •  9 mths ago
      123
    • Guest  •  9 mths ago
      Anyone starting off with racial slurs and icons of Obama as a devil has lost all credibility and it cast doubt on your truthfulness an objectivity! I'm sure you have some good points but being such a turn off does not help get your points across. Just so you know I hit the button by mistake to thumb up on you but should have hit the thumbs down others are most likely making the same mistake even in reverse. So never believe the press. No one is ever as good as they think they are!
    • Guest  •  9 mths ago
      In the Military you go in knowing you are owned by the Army and there property, like Slavery but in an honorable way! However, Civilians should have a right to free harmless speech in the workplace. I know my backstabbing Supervisors-Trainers reads Yahoo News religiously, so whichever one of you told the Department Manager to give me a ding on my evaluation just for saying "God Bless You" when my fellow co-workers sneezes was maliciously against my free speech. If I wanted to go into the military to lose all of my right and free-speech I would have enlisted! No more God bless you but I will not say God Da ...n you but it is very hard not to think it!
      • Guest 9 mths ago
        God help me do good 2 day!
    • Guest  •  9 mths ago
      In all fairness if you call this half-black President a Chimp, turd, Kenyan and Muslim it does sound a bit racist so why be surprised if you are called one? Name calling is not doing good 2 day and I guarantee that bitterness, malice and strife is the cause of various illnesses!
      Is Obama worth all this negative energy and it will run up your health care bill tax as much as Obamacare?
    • TRAIN  •  9 mths ago
      These various opinions are nothing more than racism.
    • simon  •  9 mths ago
      @anonymous
      i know i know, it really hurts you too hear this truth:
      racist lying obama has destroyed all the improvement in inter-race relationship made by real black people in the disco era.

      plus unless you have a brainwashing machine, you can never convince white people with normal intelligence that obama's alluding himself to moses, a hebrew raised in the egyptian royal court under the disguise of being an egyptian until he became a vengeful leader who wanted to see the first born egyptian children dead and egypt destroyed, was a genuine attempt to improve relationship between black and white people.

      of course, you do have a brainwashing machine. It needs a teleprompter to function properly.

      we don’t need a time machine to tell that many more white people who were brainwashed will come back to their senses, obama's lowest approval rating is sufficient to tell.
    • Bh4J  •  9 mths ago
      With a 39% approval rating about 61% of the US atleast doubt Obama. The US can not afford to lose 61% of our militiary.
    • Anonymous  •  9 mths ago
      I know I know, it really hurts you to hear this but:
      IT AIN'T YOUR GRANDMA'S WORLD ANYMORE!

      PLUS UNLESS YOU HAVE A TIME MACHINE IT WILL NEVER BE YOUR GRANDMA'S WORLD AGAIN!
    • Gary M  •  9 mths ago
      Discharge? He is in the service until his time is up. Put the jerk in the brig
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