Posted on 11/07/2009 6:48:57 PM PST by STARWISE
Mark Ndesandjo in his first in-depth interview on allegations of abuse by their father.
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Just might be near the end, but there will be a transcript.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Were you able to catch any of it?
Saying his father beat him and his mother a lot.
Impact on him — his life has always been about
self expressiong .. calligraphy, writing, music ..
at some point in a man’s life, extraordinary things occur .. death of someone close, loss of job, an extraordinary political movement .. fear to hope .. GAG ...
he remembers when he was growing up in Kenya remembers that
he would wake up in the morning, 2 or 3, and when you’re a child and you hear thuds and screams and hear your mother shouting .. the person who’s the closest to you in the world.
You see the light of a lamp in the living room .. and hearing the thuds and you can’t protect your mother.
(he’s getting weepy) When you’re a child and in an
environment which doesn’t talk about these things or
where you’re an outsider (mult-racial child, etc.)
the only person who understands you is your mother.
There’s a bond .. and he found out that in many ways
because he didn’t get the love or support from his
father .. tho he was brilliant .. but he was a social failure.
Note .. he does run on .. and didn’t finish that last thought.
The book is “From Nairobi to Szenchen” (sp?) in China.
He just called his (and Obama’s) father a “social failure” and Larry King suddenly cut him off and went to commercial.
Nothing negative. All pandering pr, all the time.
NOT INTERESTED.
Is he still on? We got commercials.
Back on.
Enough dear Lord enough....puleeeeeeeeeeeease.lol
Nevermind, he’s on now
I asked this question to starwise.
:) So glad you alerted us..this is intriguing.
Thanks for summarizing what he said.....for some reason,I thought he was going to have an english accent. Hmmm.. And he suprisingly looks more like obama than I would have expected. IF they haven’t spoken about their father, I wonder why.
Thanks; I’ll try to catch the repeat. What were your general impressions of him?
Is everything about Obama half?
I guess it isn’t on now. My husband said he can’t find King on.
Is he on live, or calling in from the hovel?
Hut sweet hut
Speaks excellent English .. wonder when he left Kenya
A little artsy/fartsy ..and bleeding heart lib in his attitude and outlook .. from fear to hope ...
The book is semi-autobiographical fiction
He and 0 haven't spoken about their recollections of impact of their father.
Aww jeeze .. I just found that they both have a genetic predisposition to sit on a couch with another guy .. weeeuuu-weeeuuu-weeeuuu.....
Yep, it was brief. I suspect if we want to watch it, dvr it. I saw enough, combined with starwise’s summary. I see no physical similarities between them and their father, yet, they look alike. WIERD! He’s peddling his book....which would not have come to pass, had his brother not became prez in my opinion.
Wait, that’s almost like the pic of obama with his guy friend! LOL
Isn’t it a little surprising that he does not carry ANY accent?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAxFVXR_EE
I didn’t read your genetic predisposition line.. I was stuck on the pic. HAHAHA
Different half-brother ... ;)
Agree with you on the similarities between Obama Sr. and Obama Jr. I see no resemblance. According to the picture on this thread of Obama’s half brother, he doesn’t look anything like Obama Sr. either. That’s wierd but I do see the similarities between Obama Jr. and 1/2 brother. Up till now I thought that Obama Sr. might not be Obama Jr’s father but I think after see his 1/2 brother that is put to rest.
Watching that video after seeing him on tv, his emotions and words seem like he’s telling the truth. I’m sure he would have handled the fort hood texas “tragedy” quite differently eh? Wonder what made obama so cold and emotionless in comparison.
Is that his boyfriend? Are they both gay or just bi?
Maybe obama sr would look like his sons if he was 40lbs lighter or something.
GAY!
Well I’m not saying it is not his brother, but I am not sold yet. I think it is very unusual for someone to grow up in Africa then spend 7 years in China and not have an accent.
scratch my last post, I had a different pic in my head. This is the one.. no weight loss needed.
http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ppotus_07_04/candidates14.jpg
I can’t figure it out either... it’s taxing.
Isn’t this the picture of Obama Jr. with Obama Sr. at the airport?
more pics.. I don’t have them on my photobucket acct, so am just linking to the sources.
http://www.outragedpatriots.com/Barack%20Hussein%20Obama%20Sr.jpg
Malcom X is a crazy look alike eh?
Yes...
the 1/2 brother definitely looks like Obama but Obama Jr. also looks so so much like Malcom X
http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/mark-ndesandjo/
Now it makes sense why his accent is ‘American’. He’s spent quite a bit of time here.
More info on him (although they say he doesn’t have much money - he owns 7 bbq stands), a consulting business, and studied at Stanford.
Yes .. it is.
Wonder if he came here on a foreign aid
college scholarship too.
I came across that but decided not to post it. I had been checking on his story. None of this extended family is what they appear, but I haven’t found anything in it that will depose BHO.
There you go again. LOL
No clue .. but he and 1/2-bro both like couches ... ;)
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Obama’s half-brother is a reluctant star in China
Venkatesan Vembu
Friday, November 7, 2008 3:09 IST
Mark Ndesanjo is a self taught musician who offers piano lessons at an orphanage school in Beijing
Obama’s half-brother Mark Ndesandjo(R) — he is the son of Obama’s late father and his third wife Ruth Nidesand — has lived in Shenzhen in southern China for over six years.
HONG KONG: Barack Obama’s election as US President has given rise to celebrations in many corners of the world. But in southern China, one of Obama’s little-known relatives is holding his own quiet celebrations, away from the glare of the media.
Obama’s half-brother Mark Ndesandjo — he is the son of Obama’s late father and his third wife Ruth Nidesand — has lived in Shenzhen in southern China for over six years, and on Wednesday, sent his congratulations to Obama immediately after his historic election as the first African-American President of the US, according to Shenzhen Daily.
Ndesandjo’s business partner and friend Sui Zhengjun was quoted as saying that Ndesandjo has “very high hopes about Obama’s concept of change”, and was “delighted — not only as Obama’s half-brother but as an American.”
Obama refers to Ndesandjo as “my brother” but the two are believed to have had a strained relationship, which Obama records in his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father.
Ndesandjo has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid public attention, particularly after he was ‘outed’ by the media in July.
He is believed to have a long-time Chinese girlfriend, and his acquaintances describe him as being “big, strong and full of energy” and “a really easygoing guy” who “wears a hat over his shaven head”.
Ndesandjo, who gets his surname from his Kenyan mother, is associated with a Shenzhen-based company, Worldnexus Ltd, which provides corporate communications and website design services for Chinese firms seeking customers in English-speaking markets, principally the US.
Despite his reclusive nature, Ndesandjo has become something of a reluctant star in China, and a Chinese wine manufacturer even invited him to be its brand ambassador. But Ndesandjo is believed to have declined the offer; the Shenzen Daily quoted Sui as saying that Ndesandjo “preferred a quiet life.”
Earlier Chinese media reports have noted that Ndesandjo, a self-taught musician, offers piano lessons at an orphanage in Shenzhen. A 2004 article claimed that Ndesandjo wished to “bring the art of music to the orphans.”
Ndesandjo is known to have come to China in 2002 on a Sino-American culture exchange programme. As part of this programme, he worked in a Shenzhen foreign language school, and during that period, he established a non-profit organisation in China to help orphans.
According to Sui, before coming to China, Ndesandjo contacted several philanthropist agencies, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with a proposal, but had received no response. He then secured some donations from his MBA classmates in Emory and moved to China.
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_obama-s-half-brother-is-a-reluctant-star-in-china_1204197
Hard to say, but here’s some more info on him:
There are, however, some questions about his Internet-based company, Sheridan writes.
Chinese officials said there are unanswered questions about his internet-based company, Worldnexus Ltd. It has provided corporate communications and website design to Chinese firms seeking customers in English-speaking markets, of which the United States is the biggest.
Worldnexus is not registered to conduct business in Shenzhen and officials at the city’s commercial administration bureau said this raised potential issues of taxation and compliance with the law by its customers.
Ndesandjo’s reply to an interview request: “Thanks for your interest. However I am not giving interviews at this time.”
It will not play well in Peoria that Obama’s half-brother is working to promote cheap Chinese exports into the United States, Sheridan muses.
http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/obamas-brother-runs-internet-company-in-china/
The famn damily has questionable pasts,
lives, alliances and motivations.
ITs called dna testing.....
Thnx! I remember that, it’s the craziest thing. Have you guys ever compared his pics with pics of malcomx’s kids?
Yes they look very much alike! But the resemblance between the 1/2 brothers look very much alike.
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