Posted on 11/09/2010 7:12:54 AM PST by thouworm
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The two houses where he spent part of his boyhood stand pretty much the way they did when he went back to Hawaii four decades ago. The two schools he attended have grown larger but, in spirit, remain unchanged. Some of his old friends can still be found around the neighborhood.
Near one of his homes here, the same family still runs a wooden stall selling gado-gado, an Indonesian salad covered in peanut sauce. Agus Salam, who took over the business from his mother years ago, played soccer with the American boy everybody here called Barry.
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Zer0 visits a country that knew him as a MooseLimb.
I think I remember a tour of where he lived and they were not poor by any means. And daddy made his money in OIL!!!
New bio info in this article?
Dear Indonesia: Please accept this gift with our compliments. He’s yours to keep. No reciprocal gift is necessary. We’ve had enough.
Thank You!
The United States of America.
My threads get pulled every time I post pictures...so, I stay away from them when possible.
Seriously, Barry had a Tranny Nanny? And his nickname was “boy who runs like a duck” ROFLMAO
“His nanny was an openly gay man”
How progressive of Stanley and Lolo.
No wonder Barry sets off gaydar.
Is there a back story as to why they shipped lil Barry back to Toot at age 10 and kept Maya with them in Indonesia?
no comment
and, I suspect, as a “citizen”
The answer may be:
"Mr. Obama left a lasting impression because of his outgoing and sometimes rowdy personality.
“Barry was so naughty that my father even scolded him one time,” said Sonni Gondokusumo, 49, a former neighbor and classmate. "
The whole nation knew him even then. He always was and always will be.
And he was known as Barry when he was a little boy.
I think I saw a high school yearbook photo which identified him as “Barry Obama”.
I think this could be part of his birth certificate mystery, that his name is something other than Barack Obama on the birth certificate.
Why did he go all through high school known as Barry? Why do school records from Indonesia list him as “Barry Soetoro”(sp?) and not Obama? Is the name on his birth certificate Barry Dunham, using his mom’s last name?
He probably adopted the name of “Barack Obama” in homage to his African roots. But since records are sealed at his order, we may never know for sure.
One time, recalled the elder son, Slamet Januadi, now 52, Mr. Obama asked a group of boys whether they wanted to grow up to be president, a soldier or a businessman. A president would own nothing while a soldier would possess weapons and a businessmen would have money, the young Obama explained.
Mr. Januadi and his younger brother, both of whom later joined the Indonesian military, said they wanted to become soldiers. Another boy, a future banker, said he would become a businessman.
“Then Barry said he would become president and order the soldier to guard him and the businessman to use his money to build him something,” Mr. Januadi said. “We told him, ‘You cheated. You didn’t give us those details.’ ”
“But we all became what we said we would,” he said.
More verification of when he lived there.
Who has the picture of him that was taken with is childhood schoolmate in Hawaii, in 1969?
FRED NERKS will probably post it when online later today.
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