[exist]

His grandmother tried to bring Obama a spear.

[syriacus]

I hadn’t heard about the spear. Thanks.

[SparkyBass]

"What gifts did Obama receive when he was inaugurated?"

The Presidency.

[Big_Monkey]

"His grandmother tried to bring Obama a spear."

Ohh, the jokes that could be made with this. I thought for sure that it was going to link to an "Onion" story. Instead, it was AP. Unbelievable

[Big_Monkey]

"His grandmother tried to bring Obama a spear."

Here's the link to the original story as published by the "East African Standard", a Kenyan newspaper. It was written by a chap named George Olwenya. It's legit.

http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?&id=1144003803&catid=4&a=1