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Posted on 08/10/2011 5:28:00 AM PDT by lbryce
Today is the 50th birthday of the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Here at NewsOne we decided to provide you with 50 things on his 50 birthday that you may not know about our president.
This birthday couldn’t have come at a better time for the president with criticisms being launched at him on the economy and other issues in the country.
Check out the list.
1. He and Bill Cosby are the only people to ever get free food from Ben’s Chili Bowl.
2. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper when he lived in Indonesia.
3. He says his favorite children’s book is “Where the Wild Things Are.”
4. He owns a pair of boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali.
5. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
6. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager.
7. His favorite show is “The Wire.”
8. He majored in Political Science at Columbia University.
9. His father grew up herding goats.
10. He used to drive a Chrysler 300m.
11. He used the n-word in his audio book “Dreams From My Father.”
12. He watches HBO’s “Entourage.”
13. He was an avid reader of the “Autobiography Of Malcolm X.”
14. He owns several Bob Marley albums.
15. His first date with wife, Michelle Obama, was the movie “Do The Right Thing.”
16. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia.
17. He applied to appear in a Black pin-up calendar while at Harvard, but was rejected by the all-female committee.
18. His favorite book: “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville
19. His favorite movie: the “Godfather.”
20. His high school yearbook picture inscription thanks “Tut,” “Gramps,”, the “Choom Gang.” Choom is Hawaiian slang for “pot smoking.”
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Kenya believe them?
2. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper when he lived in Indonesia.
9. His father grew up herding goats.
13. He was an avid reader of the “Autobiography Of Malcolm X.”
15. His first date with wife, Michelle Obama, was the movie “Do The Right Thing.”
16. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia.
17. He applied to appear in a Black pin-up calendar while at Harvard, but was rejected by the all-female committee.
18. His favorite book is “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville
19. His favorite movie is the “Godfather.”
20. His high school yearbook picture inscription thanks “Tut,” “Gramps,” and the “Choom Gang.” Choom is Hawaiian slang for “pot smoking.”
23. His high school nick name was “O-bomber.”
26. He was called Barry until he became known as Barack in college.
28. Jesse Jackson’s daughter is his daughter Malia’s godmother.
31. His name means blessed by God in Swahili.
34. He gets his hair cut once a week.
35. He says he would’ve been an architect if he wasn’t a politician.
37. He was mentored by Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree who was also the lawyer for rappers Tupac and Shyne.
38. He loves playing Scrabble.
39. His favorite president is Abraham Lincoln.
40. He traveled to Kenya in 1988 and met many of his paternal relatives.
41. His favorite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini.
42. His paternal grandfather was affiliated with the Kenyan revolutionary Mau Mau movement.
44.Some of his maternal ancestors were slave owners.
46. He has a beer named after him in Kenya.
50.
44.Some of his maternal ancestors were slave owners.
44.a. Some of his paternal ancestors were slave owners.
They left out he’s an ursurper and traitor.
Way to ruin my future enjoyment of “the Godfather” and Spiderman, Mr. Gane-McCall (IF that is your real name).
;-)
You know, I rather doubt that he's actually read this book. But, hey, it makes him sound smart and well-read.
2. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper when he lived in Indonesia.
HIs father grew up “herding” goats?
Interesting. ‘Herding’ must be the Kenyan word for ....ing?
Oh yeah... Magna Cum Lordy Lordy Lordy - what a pile of cow dung! Release the records from Harvard!
LOL.
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