What a powerful movie...must have been too scary to make this film! Great script & very witty. Powerful writers to send out this message at the time. We should all just be loving each one & supporting each other in this globe. Supporting each other in their goals, dreams, pursuits. This is what life is all about....reaching our potential!
Obama couldn't shine Poitier's shoes. And Obama has nothing in common with most Black Americans. His white mother is descended from slave owners. And his African Muslim father is descended from slave traders who sold the blacks into slavery that endured the "Middle Passage" to the Americas.
@DefendGlenn Look I don't know what your problem is but FYI by the time both of Obama's parents were born their ancestors were already gone. So it dosen't really matter who is in your blood It depends on what YOU believe in and what YOU think is right!
This is the sort of movie that inherently sticks out from all the hollywood trash being produced nowadays, you come from it, completely inspired and hopeful about how films should be made.
Man! Can we get pass this! Whites are not Klan members and Blacks are not killer thugs. It's a class issue, not a race issue. We need to "think" before we react to negative propaganda. The world is watching and we are not practicing what we preach. FREEDOM! EQUALITY! OPPORTUNITY!
Sidney Poitier is among the all time GREAT actors of our time. This is a wonder clip here also. Its good to know that this man was able to eventually win an Oscar or 2.
OMG !!!! SHUT UP ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY AND CITIZENSHIP ALREADY .. I cannot believe that people are this simple minded.. stuck on stupid with these conspiracy theories.. OBAMA is PRESIDENT WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. STOP WHINING AND BITCHING ALL READY YOU SORE LOSERS.. wether you know it or not OBAMA is making this country a better place for all of you.. the tea party propaganda will fade and you will all see the truth.. I have nothing else to say you will see for yourselves..
@mmmuziccc Funny... aside from the citizenship comment I could replace 'Obama' with 'Bush' and 'tea party' with 'liberal wacko' and your comment would still be valid last decade. It's all in how you look at things.
@mmmuziccc I think you mis-judge the feelings about Obama. It is not the color of his skin, that has many worried. It's the fact that he has not changed anything since he took office. As a matter of fact he has continued many of the policies that George Bush set into motion...Expanded war, 30,000 new troops in Afghanistan, a new war in Libya. Re-approved the unconstitutional Patriot Act, rendition, torture, etc. You see, it's not that Obama is black, heck I am part American Indian.
@watertonrivers Obama *promised* to increase troops in Afghanistan during his campaign. He also promised to end the Iraq War - he's done both. One of the first things he did was order the end of torture and compliance with the Geneva Convention in all interrogations. He's also closed ALL secret "black site" prisons throughout Europe and Asia, and continues to try to close Guantanamo despite the many legal hurdles opponents have erected.
@dtstrain It's all one big lie after another, just take Libya for example. They called it a Humanitarian mission and now thousands of civilians are dead. There was no "Clear and Present Danger" to American interests. Obama is on the verge of taking us to WW 3 and he is a War Criminal just like Bush and Cheney. Additionally, he relinquished US sovereignty, bypassing Congress and going straight to the UN. It is blatant treason!!
Of course, the telephone call is a little dramatic kicker. Spencer Tracy had a detective check up on the character played by Sydney Potier. Of course they only find that he is not only a decent man, but an amazing one.
Sidney Poitier didn't write the dialogue for the movie; It was a white dude. Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen, anyone believing anything else is a distracted moron grasping at straws. Spencer Tracy looks idiotic in those glasses and the background for this scene sucks. I Have to go now, and straighten out other bung-holes. Ryan Seacrest out!
@ObscurityBurger As far as I'm concerned, the issue is that Bama-Boy is not a "natural born citizen". He might very well be a citizen, but not a "natural born citizen" by way of what the Founding Fathers intended.
The difference between Sidney Poitier and Bama-Boy is that there is no dispute that Signey was actually *born* in the US. Of course, he was not born to parents who were US citizens, thus he is not a *natural born* citizen. Then again, neither is Bama-Boy since his father was a citizen of Kenya at the time of his birth. Unfortunately, the liberal media let this little inconvenient fact slide for their Anointed One.
@grumman581 You obviously have no idea how this system work. To be a natural born citizen you have to be either born in the United States, or if you are born in another country then one of your parents must be a United States citizen. Given the fact that President Obama's mother was a citizen of the United States and that he was born in the United States, he is a natural born citizen. You should take government classes.
@RoguishGirl What you have described is the definition of a normal citizen, not a "natural born" citizen. You just have to look at the letters that the FFs sent amongst themselves discussing the reason for the extra clause and you will see why there is a difference -- to ensure than the Cmdr-in-Chief of the Army could have no allegiances to a foreign power (like could happen if one parent was a citizen of another country).
@grumman581 Don't you know Obama was born in Hawaii? Besides it was McCain who actually wasn't born here. He was born in Panama on a military base. anyway all that information is all trivial. You just sound bitter because Obama won. quit crying you'll have another shot in 2 years.
@Free2DieTrice Even by Bama-Boy's own admission, his father was a Kenyan citizen and not a US citizen. YouTube doesn't allow much space for comments, so here's a link to a lengthier description of the issue:
@grumman581 uh dude the parents don't have to be a U.S. Citizen for their child to be a U.S. Citizen. Don't you know that? It's one of the basic things they teach you. Besides his mother if I'm not mistaking was a citizen of the United States so thus he is still a legal natural born U.S. Citizen
@grumman581 I know the difference. A natural born citizen is a person who was born in the United States and is regarded as a citizen at birth. That is in the 14th Amendment. a regular citizen is one who is a citizen of another country that goes through the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen. So thus under those rules Obama is a U.S. Citizen. But then again I guess all of those people in government who are experts on the constitution don't know any better huh?
@leoray1234 The Founding Fathers were concerned about someone possibly being Commander-in-Chief of the Army and having divided loyalties as might occur if one of his parents was a citizen of another country. They wanted both of his parents to be US citizens, thus the "natural born" clause.
@leoray1234 Whether he was born in Hawaii or not is not the issue. From what I have read of the letters between the Founding Fathers, the issue would be with Bama-Boy's father not being a US citizen at the time of his birth. He actually *admits* that his father was not a US citizen at the time of his birth, so why bother with where his real birth certificate says he was born? Where he was born is a minor issue compared to his father not being a US citizen.
@grumman581 OK I hear you. Since you know the Founding Fathers, can you clear up something for me? Was it their intent that not only do you have to be born in the U.S., but your parents must also be U.S. citizens if you are intending on running for public office? Is that correct?
@leoray1234 Actually, this was their intent for any who aspired to be President (Commander-in-Chief of the Army), not for just any public office. That is why they only used the term "natural born citizen" in regards to this. If you look at the letters that were written between the Founding Fathers, you will see that they were very concerned with the possibility that someone with possible allegiances to another country might be Commander-in-Chief of the Arm
@grumman581 Thank you for your thoughtful explanations. I want to ask your opinion on something then. I wasnt born in this country, but have lived here most of my life and proud to say that I live in the greatest country in the world. My youngest brother was born here, and I always used to say to myself that he could grow up to be president of the United States if he wanted to. How do you feel about that, honestly? Was I mistaken to think that way?
@grumman581 Both parents were naturalized U.S. citizens at the time he was born, though they started with green cards. My parents never lost their accents from growing up in a different country or stopped eating the food they were used to, which doesn't make them more or less american than anyone else. So you're saying that it's simply a matter of paperwork to be ok in your book?
@leoray1234 I'm just going by my interpretation of the writings of the Founding Fathers with respect to the term "natural born citizen". Personally, I think that for someone to be president, he should be born of parents who were also born in the US, but that is just a personal belief and has no basis in the writings of the Founding Fathers. Unfortunately, there have been people elected as president whose parents were not both US citizens. Somehow, that inconvenient fact slipped by unnoticed.
@grumman581 Thanks for the clarification and the distinction between your personal beliefs vs. the Founding Fathers. You seem to know your U.S. presidents pretty well. Do you know which presidents have been elected president whose parents were not both US citizens? George Washington is an obvious choice, as are probably the next few presidents. What is your opinion on this matter?
@leoray1234 The first couple of presidents don't count since they explicitly provided a loophole for themselves when they were defining the requirements to be president in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.
@leoray1234 "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."
@grumman581 So according to the article you mentioned, Obama definitely satisfies the requirement that he is a natural born citizen, has reached 35 years of age, and has resided in the U.S. At least 14 years, right?
@grumman581 Reading the article you quoted a few times over, I just don't arrive at the same conclusion as you do about a 'natural born citizen' means. Where did you read that was their intention? If you are able to provide conclusive provenance for what your belief of the Founding Fathers' intentions, I would really appreciate that. The passage you quoted by itself seems only to imply that a president must be born U.S. soil or have become a citizen. Thanks
@grumman581 If you say that whether or not he was born in Hawaii is not the issue, then I would say that be that distinction you are not part of the birther movement, since from what I understand those who follow the birther premise is that he wasn't born in Hawaii at all.
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It may be true that a biracial man was elected to the office of President, but remember, America is judging him on the content of his character, not his skin color.
So far he has been an abject failure. If he continues for the next 2 years as he has for the last almost 2, he will go down in history as the worst leader we've ever had. And people will probably never elect a black (or semi-black) man again, because he was the first one and people will always think of that.
He is being judge by the color of his skin. He is under so much scrutiny because he is black and because so many want to see him fail. As far as never electing another black, you are wrong...gone are the days of the whites dominating office. look out!
@Chana1313 are you serious? really? it's 2010. it's no longer about skin color or republican vs. democrat. it's who can prance to the intn'l banker's tune or not
@Chana1313 Its always about skin color. Whites have made it so. They have opened the bottle and let out the racist genie and it cannot be closed again even if we want it to. Sadly, whites have poisoned the psyche of the entire human race. Well done.
Only if aliens come to Earth bent on killling every human will we ever form a truly united front. Sadly, for self-preservation, not because we were civilized enough to do it anyway.
interesting seems prophetic the interracial baby comment and the allure to the possibility of a black president and then potier mentioning that he met his mate in hawaii where obama was born
@beadwindow Just making up "facts" as you go huh? You must be a Faux Noise fan, his approval ratings are at about 50-55% and rising since the passage of the healthcare bill, and now that the the Repugnantcans are being obstructionist's again over wall street his rantings are bound to go higher
Hey, deepfreezevideo-hows that extra 500 billion added on to the already trillion dollar health care bill working for you now? This "guy's" fifteen minutes are up on 4 November 2012 and his reign ends this November.
haha..i was watching this movie last night for the first time and I thought the same thing as this Tube title. Had to cringe every time the white people said 'negroes' but I suppose in those days it was just part of the culture.
@EvilKris I don't know... to me it doesn't seem racist at all. it the time it was sort fo a politcally correct term, replacing "colored". euphemism cycles are inherently idiotic, and i can't understand why the term is offensive to some-- i just hear it and it sounds funny because it seems so archaic, like if you heard someone say "whippersnapper" and they weren't trying to be ironic.
@deepfreezevideo I'll mention an interesting fact; Islam eliminated discrimination over 1400 years ago, and its a perfectly referenced and documented.. A verse from the holy Quran is better than my words
{O mankind! We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has piety. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, Well-Acquainted (with all things)} Ch 49, V 13
@don5oan am sorry a word {HAVE} is missing in the translation; its right in the beginning
{O mankind! We HAVE created you from
a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has piety. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, Well-Acquainted (with all things)} Ch 49, V 13
@deepfreezevideo u jst need to hang out with more interesting people to be honest. not every body on this planett is a cave man you know. these videos always attract comments like yours!
the families in this moview were more accepting than in jungle fever even though it was made a couple of decades beforehand. I like the film jungle fever, but thought it was abit over the top.
He became president but colorful administration? How about tax cheats, NAMBLA supporters, Card carrying communist truthers. Come back, W. All is forgiven!!!!!
I am originally from Belfast Northern Ireland. When I lived there as a child Brits would look at me and tell me that I would grow up to be a terrorist or a drunken buffoon. My brother was in a band that was touring England and couldn't find a bording house to stay the night because those houses didn't allow Irish people. Until I moved here I was a victim of racism. Now, a former Democrat you prove that i did the right thing leaving the party. Everything is racially motivated.
That's a sad story, and it really is terrible that you were a victim of racism until you got to wherever you are (I'm from Canada). But what does racism have to do with you spouting off about communist truthers and other irrational republican fears? George W. is dead and gone (figuratively speaking), and it's time to move on. Obama won the fucking Nobel Peace Prize for God's sake. He must be worht something. haha.
Nobel Peace Prize for not being a dumb redneck like some of the former Presidents. I don't believe I have to name names. You're right though, he hasn't done shit...yet. Nothing to deserve it...yet.
Haha. We'll see. I'm Canadian so I don't REALLY care what happens with Obama. I just think it's nice that he's trying. Do rednecks have to be from the south? I guess so...haha.
Way to go Sydney. This movie was ahead of its' time. And Sydney in this movie met his wife in Hawaii which was where President Obama was born about 6 years earlier.
WTF? I thought African American people were Americans. Wow, things have certainly changed.
It's a bummer that Poitier's character has to be a self-made doctor who gives up his practice to work in Africa. Couldn't she have married a black accountant? You know, just a hard working guy who fell in love with a white woman?
Instead, this chick comes home and says, "I fell in love with a combo of Gandhi and Superman. Is it ok if we get married?"
That was always the rap on this film. Poitier's character is a bit too contrived and "too good to be true" perfect. This does tend to undermine the racial-equality message somewhat. Still a great film, but I always thought the same year's "In the Heat of the Night" was a much more multi-layered (though much grittier) portrayal of the 60s racism issue.
Not on the paper thin budget. The studios were convinced this film would never be allowed to be shown. They were sure it would either tank or cause riots. They didn't expect it to do well at all and never gave it a decent go at art direction.
yo rockchick80s, attitudes towards miscegenation were pretty horrible back then. there are still a lot of idiots out there, but shit is nowhere near as bad as it was back then regarding this particular issue. there's still work to be done, but don't blow off the progress that has been made.
Pushed the envelope slightly when it came out - but couples still struggle today to overcome petty predjudices - Love, Tolerance and Open Dialogue the only way forward.
actually it was the daughter that predicted a black president, Poitier just predicted condoleza rice, a prediction we could have done without i might add, not because she was black but because she was a bush henchwoman. Tracy died just after filming this movie. Poitier is one of the ten best actors of all time. Tracy i always felt was a bit over rated.
used to own this monkey funny how he works for WHITE MEN hahahaha white men own the media own your mind own you stupid niggers so piss off with your "history"
Personally, I think I would love to have Sidney Poitier as a son in law.
redrounin 1 week ago
Great actors - great movie...
monivienna 1 month ago
thats freaky ,,,,,,,,
do1wo1 1 month ago
What a powerful movie...must have been too scary to make this film! Great script & very witty. Powerful writers to send out this message at the time. We should all just be loving each one & supporting each other in this globe. Supporting each other in their goals, dreams, pursuits. This is what life is all about....reaching our potential!
BalinSilay 2 months ago
Obama couldn't shine Poitier's shoes. And Obama has nothing in common with most Black Americans. His white mother is descended from slave owners. And his African Muslim father is descended from slave traders who sold the blacks into slavery that endured the "Middle Passage" to the Americas.
DefendGlenn 2 months ago
@DefendGlenn You're very ignorant
ojideagu 1 month ago
@DefendGlenn Look I don't know what your problem is but FYI by the time both of Obama's parents were born their ancestors were already gone. So it dosen't really matter who is in your blood It depends on what YOU believe in and what YOU think is right!
16lucylover 2 weeks ago
...un film de milioane!!
FulgDeNeaJin 2 months ago
so, they call Obama's dad mister Tibbs???
PufferBluntman 3 months ago
i like this movei and i like how Romans is, this movie talks -about love is blind and black and white can marry no mater what situation is
suuraleey 4 months ago
mixedrace power !! hail obama
VHHV822 4 months ago
I love this guy why couldnt more black people be like this?
gatheringleaves 5 months ago
@gatheringleaves why couldn't all white people be like him?
bkatayab 4 months ago
@gatheringleaves Why couldn't more people, period, be like this?
Juliaflo 4 weeks ago
Great movie, always enjoyed it immensely.
That scene predicted "I'll get my check after I finish all the lines the writer put on this script."
AHGlasher 6 months ago 8
That was Spencer Tracy, not Lloyd Bridges. But he did die.
jw77019 6 months ago
also, I swear they based the character from Up on the father in this movie.
knwngthwrds 6 months ago
This is the sort of movie that inherently sticks out from all the hollywood trash being produced nowadays, you come from it, completely inspired and hopeful about how films should be made.
knwngthwrds 6 months ago
Damn, I wanted to see who was calling from Los Angeles. Guess now I will have to go out and rent the whole movie.
bross001Angus 8 months ago
Sidney Poitier was gorgeous...
EdNortonisMineLol 8 months ago
Lloyd Bridges was an excellent actor, he died the following year in 1968.
nbr1dallasfan 8 months ago
@nbr1dallasfan spencer tracy
dentistsugardusty 6 months ago
Man! Can we get pass this! Whites are not Klan members and Blacks are not killer thugs. It's a class issue, not a race issue. We need to "think" before we react to negative propaganda. The world is watching and we are not practicing what we preach. FREEDOM! EQUALITY! OPPORTUNITY!
MrRonPaul2012 9 months ago
Barack wishes he were Poitier's son. He is not suitable to shine Mr. Poitier's shoes.
tucsonboss 9 months ago
@tucsonboss i think they are good friends united against right wing turds like you
MrBillcale 9 months ago
William Jefferson Clinton was the first black president.
coccinelle80 9 months ago
@coccinelle80 Copycat, LOLOLOL, giving the full name, which, to be precise is William Jefferson Blythe Clinton.
Juliaflo 9 months ago
I love the scene from this movie where Sidney talks to his father and tells him "I owe you nothing!" wish I could say the same to my dad lol
chype 10 months ago 11
@chype That scene predicted Chris Rock's "I TAKE CARE OF MY KIDS" rant.
at4550 6 months ago
@chype u can just dont be afraid of him
DicKlodaLOVE 2 months ago
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You mean that Poitier talks & looks like a white guy with a dark tan like Obama?
You folks must know Obama is only 6% African-American; hardly qualifying
him as "America's first black President". He's 44% Arab, so its more like
"America's first Arabic President".
We would have been pleased if a REAL African-American became President.
One who would TRULY CARE ABOUT HIS PEOPLE. Then perhaps the
300,000+ African-American residents of New Orleans kicked out after Katrina
could COME BACK HOME!
GooglFascists 11 months ago
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@GooglFascists Kenyans are not arabs. Some of them are just Islamic. Kenyans are blacks
IvanJadan 9 months ago
where do they predict barack obama
MrThedominator10 11 months ago
@MrThedominator10 1.21
moulakakikat 11 months ago
@MrThedominator10 at 1:17 to 1:28
tolly63 10 months ago
I am not an advid movie goer but I have noticed that real good movies alway foretell the future!!
SolucionLatina 1 year ago
Sidney Poitier is among the all time GREAT actors of our time. This is a wonder clip here also. Its good to know that this man was able to eventually win an Oscar or 2.
Kwizmatix 1 year ago
OMG !!!! SHUT UP ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY AND CITIZENSHIP ALREADY .. I cannot believe that people are this simple minded.. stuck on stupid with these conspiracy theories.. OBAMA is PRESIDENT WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. STOP WHINING AND BITCHING ALL READY YOU SORE LOSERS.. wether you know it or not OBAMA is making this country a better place for all of you.. the tea party propaganda will fade and you will all see the truth.. I have nothing else to say you will see for yourselves..
mmmuziccc 1 year ago
@mmmuziccc Funny... aside from the citizenship comment I could replace 'Obama' with 'Bush' and 'tea party' with 'liberal wacko' and your comment would still be valid last decade. It's all in how you look at things.
Amar7605 8 months ago
@mmmuziccc I think you mis-judge the feelings about Obama. It is not the color of his skin, that has many worried. It's the fact that he has not changed anything since he took office. As a matter of fact he has continued many of the policies that George Bush set into motion...Expanded war, 30,000 new troops in Afghanistan, a new war in Libya. Re-approved the unconstitutional Patriot Act, rendition, torture, etc. You see, it's not that Obama is black, heck I am part American Indian.
watertonrivers 8 months ago
@watertonrivers Obama *promised* to increase troops in Afghanistan during his campaign. He also promised to end the Iraq War - he's done both. One of the first things he did was order the end of torture and compliance with the Geneva Convention in all interrogations. He's also closed ALL secret "black site" prisons throughout Europe and Asia, and continues to try to close Guantanamo despite the many legal hurdles opponents have erected.
dtstrain 5 months ago
@dtstrain It's all one big lie after another, just take Libya for example. They called it a Humanitarian mission and now thousands of civilians are dead. There was no "Clear and Present Danger" to American interests. Obama is on the verge of taking us to WW 3 and he is a War Criminal just like Bush and Cheney. Additionally, he relinquished US sovereignty, bypassing Congress and going straight to the UN. It is blatant treason!!
watertonrivers 5 months ago
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mmmuziccc 1 year ago
Of course, the telephone call is a little dramatic kicker. Spencer Tracy had a detective check up on the character played by Sydney Potier. Of course they only find that he is not only a decent man, but an amazing one.
frankantoniomartin 1 year ago
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Such a good movie.
Filby 1 year ago
Nigger president. Pfft! Redicuolous. Barry can't govern.
ToxicOdiousOne 1 year ago
Sidney Poitier didn't write the dialogue for the movie; It was a white dude. Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen, anyone believing anything else is a distracted moron grasping at straws. Spencer Tracy looks idiotic in those glasses and the background for this scene sucks. I Have to go now, and straighten out other bung-holes. Ryan Seacrest out!
ObscurityBurger 1 year ago
@ObscurityBurger As far as I'm concerned, the issue is that Bama-Boy is not a "natural born citizen". He might very well be a citizen, but not a "natural born citizen" by way of what the Founding Fathers intended.
grumman581 1 year ago
The difference between Sidney Poitier and Bama-Boy is that there is no dispute that Signey was actually *born* in the US. Of course, he was not born to parents who were US citizens, thus he is not a *natural born* citizen. Then again, neither is Bama-Boy since his father was a citizen of Kenya at the time of his birth. Unfortunately, the liberal media let this little inconvenient fact slide for their Anointed One.
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 - You poor deluded hateful cracker! Maybe before you die, you'll grow up to be an adult.
WSenator1 1 year ago
@WSenator1, and maybe you will grow a brain... Considering the fact that you apparently have drank the Bama-Boy Kool-Aid, I doubt it though...
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 You obviously have no idea how this system work. To be a natural born citizen you have to be either born in the United States, or if you are born in another country then one of your parents must be a United States citizen. Given the fact that President Obama's mother was a citizen of the United States and that he was born in the United States, he is a natural born citizen. You should take government classes.
RoguishGirl 1 year ago
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@RoguishGirl What you have described is the definition of a normal citizen, not a "natural born" citizen. You just have to look at the letters that the FFs sent amongst themselves discussing the reason for the extra clause and you will see why there is a difference -- to ensure than the Cmdr-in-Chief of the Army could have no allegiances to a foreign power (like could happen if one parent was a citizen of another country).
navy-vet.blogspot.com/2009/11/natural-born-citizen.html
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Don't you know Obama was born in Hawaii? Besides it was McCain who actually wasn't born here. He was born in Panama on a military base. anyway all that information is all trivial. You just sound bitter because Obama won. quit crying you'll have another shot in 2 years.
Free2DieTrice 1 year ago
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@Free2DieTrice Even by Bama-Boy's own admission, his father was a Kenyan citizen and not a US citizen. YouTube doesn't allow much space for comments, so here's a link to a lengthier description of the issue:
navy-vet.blogspot.com/2009/11/natural-born-citizen.html
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 uh dude the parents don't have to be a U.S. Citizen for their child to be a U.S. Citizen. Don't you know that? It's one of the basic things they teach you. Besides his mother if I'm not mistaking was a citizen of the United States so thus he is still a legal natural born U.S. Citizen
Free2DieTrice 1 year ago
@Free2DieTrice As I've pointed out before, there is a difference between just being a "citizen" and being a "natural born citizen".
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 I know the difference. A natural born citizen is a person who was born in the United States and is regarded as a citizen at birth. That is in the 14th Amendment. a regular citizen is one who is a citizen of another country that goes through the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen. So thus under those rules Obama is a U.S. Citizen. But then again I guess all of those people in government who are experts on the constitution don't know any better huh?
Free2DieTrice 1 year ago
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Juliaflo 1 year ago
@grumman581 I don't get it. Hawaii is part of the U.S., right? Where do you think Barack was born?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 The Founding Fathers were concerned about someone possibly being Commander-in-Chief of the Army and having divided loyalties as might occur if one of his parents was a citizen of another country. They wanted both of his parents to be US citizens, thus the "natural born" clause.
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 OK fine. So Barack was born in Hawaii, do you agree or no?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 Whether he was born in Hawaii or not is not the issue. From what I have read of the letters between the Founding Fathers, the issue would be with Bama-Boy's father not being a US citizen at the time of his birth. He actually *admits* that his father was not a US citizen at the time of his birth, so why bother with where his real birth certificate says he was born? Where he was born is a minor issue compared to his father not being a US citizen.
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 OK I hear you. Since you know the Founding Fathers, can you clear up something for me? Was it their intent that not only do you have to be born in the U.S., but your parents must also be U.S. citizens if you are intending on running for public office? Is that correct?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 Actually, this was their intent for any who aspired to be President (Commander-in-Chief of the Army), not for just any public office. That is why they only used the term "natural born citizen" in regards to this. If you look at the letters that were written between the Founding Fathers, you will see that they were very concerned with the possibility that someone with possible allegiances to another country might be Commander-in-Chief of the Arm
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Thank you for your thoughtful explanations. I want to ask your opinion on something then. I wasnt born in this country, but have lived here most of my life and proud to say that I live in the greatest country in the world. My youngest brother was born here, and I always used to say to myself that he could grow up to be president of the United States if he wanted to. How do you feel about that, honestly? Was I mistaken to think that way?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 Were both of his parents US citizens at the time of his birth? If so, then he would meet the intents of the Founding Fathers.
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Both parents were naturalized U.S. citizens at the time he was born, though they started with green cards. My parents never lost their accents from growing up in a different country or stopped eating the food they were used to, which doesn't make them more or less american than anyone else. So you're saying that it's simply a matter of paperwork to be ok in your book?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 I'm just going by my interpretation of the writings of the Founding Fathers with respect to the term "natural born citizen". Personally, I think that for someone to be president, he should be born of parents who were also born in the US, but that is just a personal belief and has no basis in the writings of the Founding Fathers. Unfortunately, there have been people elected as president whose parents were not both US citizens. Somehow, that inconvenient fact slipped by unnoticed.
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Thanks for the clarification and the distinction between your personal beliefs vs. the Founding Fathers. You seem to know your U.S. presidents pretty well. Do you know which presidents have been elected president whose parents were not both US citizens? George Washington is an obvious choice, as are probably the next few presidents. What is your opinion on this matter?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 The first couple of presidents don't count since they explicitly provided a loophole for themselves when they were defining the requirements to be president in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.
grumman581 1 year ago
@leoray1234 "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 So according to the article you mentioned, Obama definitely satisfies the requirement that he is a natural born citizen, has reached 35 years of age, and has resided in the U.S. At least 14 years, right?
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 He might very well be a citizen, but by the intentions of the Founding Fathers, he is not a "natural born citizen"...
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Reading the article you quoted a few times over, I just don't arrive at the same conclusion as you do about a 'natural born citizen' means. Where did you read that was their intention? If you are able to provide conclusive provenance for what your belief of the Founding Fathers' intentions, I would really appreciate that. The passage you quoted by itself seems only to imply that a president must be born U.S. soil or have become a citizen. Thanks
leoray1234 1 year ago
@leoray1234 Look up Vattel and the Law of Nations...
grumman581 1 year ago
@grumman581 Hi! I looked up the Law of Nations-thanks. I sent you a message. Let me know if you received it...thanks again
leoray1234 1 year ago
@grumman581 Please also read Vatell's Law of Nations Book 1 Chapter 19 Section 214 regarding 'naturalization'...let me know what you think. Thanks!
leoray1234 1 year ago
@grumman581 Just checking in to see if you read further in the Law of Nations by Vattel. I look forward to learning more your opinions. Take care.
leoray1234 1 year ago
@grumman581 If you say that whether or not he was born in Hawaii is not the issue, then I would say that be that distinction you are not part of the birther movement, since from what I understand those who follow the birther premise is that he wasn't born in Hawaii at all.
leoray1234 1 year ago
Sidney would be a much better president than that hack Obama is!
FilmFreakable 1 year ago
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Juliaflo 1 year ago
LOL. actually, Colin Powell was Sec'y of State
DarrylWThomas 1 year ago
I would argue that William Rose "predicted" Barack Obama, as he wrote the screenplay.
johnsobey 1 year ago
Obama's Dad
WestCoastSoulja 1 year ago
spencer tracey = liberal white guilt. should have cast james stewart, instead. ha ha
ultrakool 1 year ago
He actually predicted Colin Powell...Secretary of State!
DuaneMThomas 1 year ago
i love this movie-- first seen it at age 10--im 52 now, and still love it.. it has so much to say about humanity, i think more than we fully relize.
femsual 1 year ago
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It may be true that a biracial man was elected to the office of President, but remember, America is judging him on the content of his character, not his skin color.
So far he has been an abject failure. If he continues for the next 2 years as he has for the last almost 2, he will go down in history as the worst leader we've ever had. And people will probably never elect a black (or semi-black) man again, because he was the first one and people will always think of that.
Chana1313 1 year ago
@Chana1313
He is being judge by the color of his skin. He is under so much scrutiny because he is black and because so many want to see him fail. As far as never electing another black, you are wrong...gone are the days of the whites dominating office. look out!
NightX14 1 year ago
@Chana1313 are you serious? really? it's 2010. it's no longer about skin color or republican vs. democrat. it's who can prance to the intn'l banker's tune or not
ultrakool 1 year ago
@Chana1313 Its always about skin color. Whites have made it so. They have opened the bottle and let out the racist genie and it cannot be closed again even if we want it to. Sadly, whites have poisoned the psyche of the entire human race. Well done.
Only if aliens come to Earth bent on killling every human will we ever form a truly united front. Sadly, for self-preservation, not because we were civilized enough to do it anyway.
leroyflagg 1 year ago
@leroyflagg only a fool would believe that white people invented or have the market cornered on racism
beefyoso 1 year ago
@leroyflagg
You shouldn`t generalize the issue of racism , it doesn`t help to solve anything .
Your statement just feeds even more hatred and bigotery.
And Im a person of colour so I should know.
PreciousRubine 1 year ago
He is foreseeing the World his Children (i.e. my Parents) will live in, having the
same dream Martin King Jr. had. With the amount of segregation, & lack of
opportunities a lot of my Grandparents faced, they fought really hard & stood their
ground to get the kind of chances we are now enjoying.
LightningStash 1 year ago
interesting seems prophetic the interracial baby comment and the allure to the possibility of a black president and then potier mentioning that he met his mate in hawaii where obama was born
mgalore 1 year ago
that movie was so racist
ManlyGruntProduction 1 year ago
Niggrahs will certainly never be able to run a country - finding out fast. 75 % of us are at least.
beadwindow 1 year ago
@beadwindow Just making up "facts" as you go huh? You must be a Faux Noise fan, his approval ratings are at about 50-55% and rising since the passage of the healthcare bill, and now that the the Repugnantcans are being obstructionist's again over wall street his rantings are bound to go higher
broncojuan 1 year ago
@broncojuan omgosh, not another talking point from a liberal! can't you think for yourself? oh, wait....
stonescourt3 1 year ago
Hey, deepfreezevideo-hows that extra 500 billion added on to the already trillion dollar health care bill working for you now? This "guy's" fifteen minutes are up on 4 November 2012 and his reign ends this November.
beadwindow 1 year ago
Well now, I guess the following is appropriate: Guess who's comin' to dinner!
beadwindow 1 year ago
i wanna see this movie!!!
nao1163 1 year ago
haha..i was watching this movie last night for the first time and I thought the same thing as this Tube title. Had to cringe every time the white people said 'negroes' but I suppose in those days it was just part of the culture.
EvilKris 1 year ago
@EvilKris I don't know... to me it doesn't seem racist at all. it the time it was sort fo a politcally correct term, replacing "colored". euphemism cycles are inherently idiotic, and i can't understand why the term is offensive to some-- i just hear it and it sounds funny because it seems so archaic, like if you heard someone say "whippersnapper" and they weren't trying to be ironic.
rubberducky113 1 year ago
@EvilKris funny thing too, "black" used to offend people more than "negro"
rubberducky113 1 year ago
DeVron83:
Oh,I don't know.
An Israeli cop once chastised a East European Jewish Immigrant for speaking Yiddish to his children.
He asked,"Why do you still speak Yiddish?
you are in Isreal now,speak Hebrew!!"
The recent immigrant smiled,and said,"I don't want them to forget they are Jews!!" I really do not see that great a change in the
context of reality.
The Jew in that story wanted to cling to Babylon,to remind his children how far they came.
We are still in Babylon.
noorismail1 1 year ago
I wish to God we were as far advanced as those two are in that film.
deepfreezevideo 1 year ago 37
@deepfreezevideo I'll mention an interesting fact; Islam eliminated discrimination over 1400 years ago, and its a perfectly referenced and documented.. A verse from the holy Quran is better than my words
{O mankind! We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has piety. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, Well-Acquainted (with all things)} Ch 49, V 13
don5oan 1 year ago
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@don5oan am sorry a word {HAVE} is missing in the translation; its right in the beginning
{O mankind! We HAVE created you from
a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has piety. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, Well-Acquainted (with all things)} Ch 49, V 13
don5oan 1 year ago
Taqqiyah in the extreme.
deepfreezevideo2 1 year ago
@deepfreezevideo2 what do you mean? your words aren't clear? and the world done with what, in your other comment?
would you explain plz
don5oan 1 year ago
No.
You figure it out.
deepfreezevideo2 1 year ago
@deepfreezevideo2 why are you being vague and ambiguous instead of being clear and straightforward!!!
Do you think you will be conceived as knowledgeable or correct by doing so?
don5oan 1 year ago
@deepfreezevideo u jst need to hang out with more interesting people to be honest. not every body on this planett is a cave man you know. these videos always attract comments like yours!
hjastroi 7 months ago
Well, tell you how it is.
Mr Cracker/Devil will never forgive Obama for whipping Lucas McCain and Slut Palen.
The mistake is to thank we are through there.
Next time will be Nat Turner style.
There aint no white man ever born that can meet a black man one on one!!
(your girlfriend will tell ya!!)
noorismail1 1 year ago
It's people with SMALL minds (and obviously small something else) who will make sure that the world will never be done with this bullcrap.
deepfreezevideo2 1 year ago
Now why did you have to speak in such a context?
DeVron83 1 year ago
Long Live our bloodline!
Star Morisseau
starmorisseau 2 years ago
I agree - nearly worn out my dvd copy of this wonderful movie - great performances
56music 2 years ago
I love this movie! It's one of my favorites.
Savanah333 2 years ago 10
@Savanah333 And it's very funny.
matthewakian2 10 months ago
Have things really changed that much over the last 40 years? Let's leave bigotry and hatred in the 20th century where it belongs.
scasey1960 2 years ago 2
@scasey1960
Nothing has changed,men (meant as part of human race), will always find some reason to hate. The colour of the skin is just an excuse.
TELENOVELASLOVER 2 years ago 2
That's up lifting. What - no promise for humanity?
scasey1960 2 years ago
Unfortunately, it is still alive and well today. Too many people embrace it for it to be left behind.
snoops71 1 year ago
the families in this moview were more accepting than in jungle fever even though it was made a couple of decades beforehand. I like the film jungle fever, but thought it was abit over the top.
melhoney89 2 years ago 2
You are either pulling my leg or exceptionally ignorant. The fact that I can't figure it out is a problem on your end.
jelliebbean8 2 years ago
@melhoney89 While GWCFD was nice film...jungle fever was a little more..in your face realistic type of film.
Tusc9969 2 years ago
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I respectfully disagree.
FlamingBat 2 years ago
almost frightening
LordMagnus91 2 years ago
He became president but colorful administration? How about tax cheats, NAMBLA supporters, Card carrying communist truthers. Come back, W. All is forgiven!!!!!
kencoa 2 years ago
are you from Texas? or somewhere in the deep south?
ASchlink1990 2 years ago
I am originally from Belfast Northern Ireland. When I lived there as a child Brits would look at me and tell me that I would grow up to be a terrorist or a drunken buffoon. My brother was in a band that was touring England and couldn't find a bording house to stay the night because those houses didn't allow Irish people. Until I moved here I was a victim of racism. Now, a former Democrat you prove that i did the right thing leaving the party. Everything is racially motivated.
kencoa 2 years ago
That's a sad story, and it really is terrible that you were a victim of racism until you got to wherever you are (I'm from Canada). But what does racism have to do with you spouting off about communist truthers and other irrational republican fears? George W. is dead and gone (figuratively speaking), and it's time to move on. Obama won the fucking Nobel Peace Prize for God's sake. He must be worht something. haha.
ASchlink1990 2 years ago
I know. Obama joins such peaceful luminaries as Yasir Arafat. I live in the United States now. Boston to be more specific.
kencoa 2 years ago
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Nobel Peace Prize ...For What ...BULLSHIT!
BlackHart2518 2 years ago 2
Nobel Peace Prize for not being a dumb redneck like some of the former Presidents. I don't believe I have to name names. You're right though, he hasn't done shit...yet. Nothing to deserve it...yet.
ASchlink1990 2 years ago
Bull.
shannongurl992 2 years ago
I wouldn't hold you breath...
For the record...George W. Bush is originally from New Haven Connecticut not the south, a dork all the same.
BlackHart2518 2 years ago
Haha. We'll see. I'm Canadian so I don't REALLY care what happens with Obama. I just think it's nice that he's trying. Do rednecks have to be from the south? I guess so...haha.
ASchlink1990 2 years ago
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well i really dont give a fuck he is still a stupid son of a bitch
helpoj 2 years ago
amen 3 dat
PolakFury 2 years ago
Way to go Sydney. This movie was ahead of its' time. And Sydney in this movie met his wife in Hawaii which was where President Obama was born about 6 years earlier.
PhillipCreeper 2 years ago
A fine, well acted film, but holy cow, what a fake looking backdrop. Who did they think they were fooling?
Kevin90028 2 years ago
unforgettable!
Miracle67 2 years ago
"You can do the Watusi, but we ARE the Watusi!"
WTF? I thought African American people were Americans. Wow, things have certainly changed.
It's a bummer that Poitier's character has to be a self-made doctor who gives up his practice to work in Africa. Couldn't she have married a black accountant? You know, just a hard working guy who fell in love with a white woman?
Instead, this chick comes home and says, "I fell in love with a combo of Gandhi and Superman. Is it ok if we get married?"
jfulbright 2 years ago
I thought I was the watusi. I guess I was wrong. Maybe I'm the walrus.
Kevin90028 2 years ago
jfulbright, you are right about that aspect.
That was always the rap on this film. Poitier's character is a bit too contrived and "too good to be true" perfect. This does tend to undermine the racial-equality message somewhat. Still a great film, but I always thought the same year's "In the Heat of the Night" was a much more multi-layered (though much grittier) portrayal of the 60s racism issue.
don4321 2 years ago
this is so freaky, what a script.
angeleslans92 2 years ago
My only problem with this movie was the fake San Francisco backdrop. Surely they could have done better in that regard.
Deuce2you 2 years ago
Not on the paper thin budget. The studios were convinced this film would never be allowed to be shown. They were sure it would either tank or cause riots. They didn't expect it to do well at all and never gave it a decent go at art direction.
deepfreezevideo2 1 year ago
Not seen this movie for ages. I remember seeing it as a kid.... You know what, it still bear huge significance.
rentoz 2 years ago
which movie was this?
pnawia 2 years ago
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" (1967).
CiaranMcVeigh 2 years ago
yo rockchick80s, attitudes towards miscegenation were pretty horrible back then. there are still a lot of idiots out there, but shit is nowhere near as bad as it was back then regarding this particular issue. there's still work to be done, but don't blow off the progress that has been made.
shitnrun 2 years ago
They should do a remake of this with Flavor Flav and Will Ferrell.
Edhallick 2 years ago
They did do a remake a few years ago with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac... :)
MelanieLouM 2 years ago
@MelanieLouM Remake, my uterus! The film with Bernie Mac was, in my opinion, an insult.
Juliaflo 4 weeks ago 3
Pushed the envelope slightly when it came out - but couples still struggle today to overcome petty predjudices - Love, Tolerance and Open Dialogue the only way forward.
rockchick80s 2 years ago 2
Mixed couple that met in Hawaii who believe that their kids will aspire to be president. Wow.
ORBuddha 2 years ago 8
Whoa!! I'm gonna look at that movie this weekend. I have it on DVD. Mixed couple Hawaii - kid is President !
Poitier broke the bar - and this was when it was like "when you see God's face" it will happen. Wonderful!
Irmarambaran 2 years ago
"lilies of the field" can be found on youtube. a great movie for a revisit with Sidney Poitier.
"I build the shappel, you build the shappel, we all build the shappel". .....great movie.
"A raisin in the Sun"...............my god what a movie and what a performance by Poitier and the whole cast. a must see.
janb6969 2 years ago 2
actually it was the daughter that predicted a black president, Poitier just predicted condoleza rice, a prediction we could have done without i might add, not because she was black but because she was a bush henchwoman. Tracy died just after filming this movie. Poitier is one of the ten best actors of all time. Tracy i always felt was a bit over rated.
janb6969 2 years ago
2 OF THE GREATEST.
carlmonico 2 years ago 2
Sidney Poitier is one of the classiest actors. A real gentleman in the same leauge as Nat King Cole.
teewoods 2 years ago 3
most actors are gay as fuck lol
seriously there actors ...how would you know otherwise
WeThePeopleInc 2 years ago
great movie and good actors too
asiafire64 2 years ago 3
one of the best moments in film
1019drummer 2 years ago 4
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used to own this monkey funny how he works for WHITE MEN hahahaha white men own the media own your mind own you stupid niggers so piss off with your "history"
WHITE POWER
aryandisciple88 2 years ago
One of the finest actors to ever appear anywhere. While the script was great, it takes a great actor to give those words life.
napalm1950 2 years ago 20
@napalm1950 I agree.
LiquidSolidRaiden 1 year ago
@napalm1950 well put
jazzmann16 1 year ago
absolutely!
Libitina72 3 years ago
Sidney Poiter is a great actor!!!!!!!!!!
Libitina72 3 years ago 2