from the Times story, "Obama Visits a Nation That Knew Him as Barry"
Mr. Obama’s family rented the guest house inside a compound belonging to a prominent physician. There, according to the neighborhood’s longtime residents, the young Obama, who had already experienced differences in class and religion in his short stay in Indonesia, was exposed to another aspect of Jakarta’s diversity.
His nanny was an openly gay man who, in keeping with Indonesia’s relaxed attitudes toward homosexuality, carried on an affair with a local butcher, longtime residents said. The nanny later joined a group of transvestites called Fantastic Dolls, who, like the many transvestites who remain fixtures of Jakarta’s streetscape, entertained people by dancing and playing volleyball.
Potentially even more revealing as to the type of President young Barry would become is this anecdote:
In the compound, Mr. Obama often played with the two sons of the physician’s driver.
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.’ ”
Link is to the full story, which is interesting aside from the "good parts" that Rush will soon be featuring.
Mr. Obama’s family rented the guest house inside a compound belonging to a prominent physician. There, according to the neighborhood’s longtime residents, the young Obama, who had already experienced differences in class and religion in his short stay in Indonesia, was exposed to another aspect of Jakarta’s diversity.
His nanny was an openly gay man who, in keeping with Indonesia’s relaxed attitudes toward homosexuality, carried on an affair with a local butcher, longtime residents said. The nanny later joined a group of transvestites called Fantastic Dolls, who, like the many transvestites who remain fixtures of Jakarta’s streetscape, entertained people by dancing and playing volleyball.
Potentially even more revealing as to the type of President young Barry would become is this anecdote:
In the compound, Mr. Obama often played with the two sons of the physician’s driver.
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.’ ”
Link is to the full story, which is interesting aside from the "good parts" that Rush will soon be featuring.
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NY Times reveals Obama's boyhood gay nanny. Glenn Beck's head explodes.
- 10/11/2010 05:24:52 AM
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what, no video of the head-splosion? 
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- 10/11/2010 05:35:34 AM
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- 10/11/2010 05:35:34 AM
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The fact that he no longer goes by Barry is part of his problem.
- 10/11/2010 06:32:11 AM
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No matter how hard you want them to be, "American" and "English" aren't synonyms.
- 10/11/2010 06:38:54 AM
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Indeed, he's such a selfish prick, should have changed his name to Barry O'bama.
- 10/11/2010 06:46:55 AM
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So his problem is that he has over estimated how tolerant Americans are, in your opinion?
- 10/11/2010 10:57:15 AM
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On a serious note, I'm genuinely surprised in regards to Indonesia's...
- 10/11/2010 07:05:17 AM
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This is going to get hard to keep track of
- 10/11/2010 10:59:51 AM
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You forgot nazi, communist, athiest and wanting to kill grandma by running her over with a reindeer *NM*
- 10/11/2010 12:36:56 PM
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and hunting colourblind retired people with a cutting torch. *NM*
- 10/11/2010 03:57:21 PM
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So did Beck actually comment on this issue? *NM*
- 10/11/2010 04:09:31 PM
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so did random thoughts get his feathers all up over a joke? *NM*
- 10/11/2010 04:34:46 PM
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- 10/11/2010 04:34:46 PM
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not at all it was a real question
- 10/11/2010 07:06:19 PM
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?? How in the world is that joke like a black face joke? *scratches head*
- 10/11/2010 07:37:02 PM
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I consider a lot of what passes for comedy these days nothing more then modern black face
- 10/11/2010 08:16:03 PM
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Seriously that is what Random Thoughts is
- 10/11/2010 10:47:45 PM
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and you are the resident bitch
- 10/11/2010 11:19:15 PM
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Yes I am the resident bitch, and I like being the resident bitch 
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- 11/11/2010 02:03:15 PM
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- 11/11/2010 02:03:15 PM
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