Commoner Wedding

All of the attention on  the Royal Wedding has brought back memories of a wedding 42 years ago on June 8th.  Two twenty year old college students took their vows in the home of the groom's grandparents on "C" Street.  There were about 20-30 guests, the pregnant maid of honor fainted and the befuddled minister droned on or so it seemed to the bride.  The bride's mini dress was not exactly kosher, even then, but the groom liked it and that was all that mattered.

The honeymoon was a trip back to college in a 60s something Corvair (what an unfortunate vehicle) and back to class the next day or so. 

The wedding pales in comparision to that of William and Catherine but the twenty year olds are still wed, though no longer in their twenties.

Birth Certificate

The birther movement puzzles me ...even with Obama having posted his "long form" birth certificate online for the world to see ...birthers are still questioning its authenticity.

Do they not consider Hawaii a state of the United States? Is it because his father was Kenyan? Is it because Obama is black? Are they just looking for a topic that they, with their limited intelligence, feel they can expound on?

I applied for a passport a few years ago and applied online for a copy of my birth certificate. What I received was document called a Certificate of Birth. That satisfied the State Department though I knew it had errors on it (exact spelling of mother's name for example). If I were running for public office I would suppose my opponent could challenge that I am not qualified for the office because there is questionable data on my Certificate of Birth and that if I would produce my long form then it could be determined what I was trying to hide. Oh, wait, I won't be challenged in that manner because I am not black, even though I have a foreign sounding middle name.