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Indonesia unveils a statue of Obama as a schoolboy
2009-12-11
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Herbert Hoover is remembered with respect for his work in the Australian mining industry, before moving to China (and learning Mandarin there) and so on. He traveled and worked around the world from 1897 to the outbreak of WW1 in 1914.
Obama is remarkably ignorant whenever he is not talking about himself, admittedly that is not often the case.
Posted by: Grunter   2009-12-11 12:43  

#5  the statue faces Mecca
Posted by: Frank G   2009-12-11 12:36  

#4  "No other US president lived abroad for this extended period of time, this had to have shaped him," he said.

Dwight D. Eisenhower lived abroad for awhile...
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-12-11 12:23  

#3  Dunno, I find it kinda nice that not just the US, but the entire world (sans Izr'l and Taiwan, and Russia and China and India) are beclowning themselves this way over our sad non-entity of a prezident.
Posted by: Verlaine   2009-12-11 11:56  

#2  He looks so saintly--he'll be canonized before he dies.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2009-12-11 10:09  

#1  Amarillo already has a statue of Obama as a young athlete
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2009-12-11 07:02  

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