Posted on 01/26/2010 12:46:01 PM PST by ColdOne
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities said Monday they are considering a petition to tear down a statue of US President Barack Obama as a boy, only a month after the bronze was unveiled in Jakarta.
The statue of "Little Barry" -- as Obama was known when he lived in the capital in the late 1960s -- stands in central Jakarta's Menteng Park, a short walk from the US president's former elementary school.
Critics say the site should have been used to honour an Indonesian and 55,000 people have joined a page on social networking website Facebook calling for the statue to be removed.
"We've been discussing for the past two weeks what to do with the statue... whether to take it down, move it elsewhere or retain it. We're finding the best solution," Jakarta parks agency official Dwi Bintarto said.
Obama, who was born in Hawaii, lived for four years as a child in Jakarta from 1967
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I’m actually starting to feel a little sorry for the guy...ROFLMAO!!!!
I know a Taco del Mar in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle where it would fit right in!
Are people gonna whack it with shoes when they tear it down?
Hey! Some O-Bot might want it, maybe Obozo himself would like to have it. I say put it on eBay and make a profit.
“I’m actually starting to feel a little sorry for the guy”
Well, maybe.... NOT!
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