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Indonesian officials are considering a petition that calls for a bronze statue in Jakarta of a young Barack Obama to be torn down.
Last month, a bronze statue of Obama was unveiled in Jakarta's Menteng Park. It depicts the U.S. President as a young boy, and commemorates the time he spent in Indonesia as a child.
Now, 55,000 people have joined a Facebook group that calls for the statue to be taken down, citing Obama's failure to "make a significant contribution to the Indonesian nation."
The group also says that "for the dignity of a sovereign nation, Barack Obama's monument in Menteng Park must be removed immediately."
According to parks agency official Dwi Bintarto, Indonesian officials have 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."
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Cool Blue Reason
January 25, 2010 4:42 PM
And how many of those 55,000 Facebook people are actually Indonesian?
Personally, I think the statue is a tad ridiculous, but it's not as if it's a massive monument erected in front of their parliament or something.
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farnsworth
January 25, 2010 8:58 PM in reply to Cool Blue Reason
Since facebook is loaded with people who tilt to the right wing extremist wacko fringe, I would make two observations:
I bet less than 1% of that 55,000 are actually Indonesians,
That is a tiny number compared to the usual number of right wing extremist wackos who usually vote on such polls.
This is a non-issue.
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justaJ0e
January 26, 2010 1:01 AM in reply to Cool Blue Reason
This article fails to mention why the local people supported the statue (funded by private donations BTW) -
"Ron Mullers, a Jakarta resident who came up with the idea of the statue and raised money for it, said it was supposed to inspire local children to follow their dreams."
The first article I found mentioning the installation of this statue was from Dec. 8th of 2009 ... by Dec. 10th, Fox news was already running a story about a Face Book Group that opposed the statue. Have to wonder if Fox created this group in the same way they manufactured the "grass roots", Tea Bagger effort.
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Lyndonville
January 26, 2010 1:26 PM in reply to Cool Blue Reason
It is ridiculous. Here's a solid plan and they could make money doing it. Sell it to Kenya.
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rbeats
January 25, 2010 4:44 PM
Even Indonesian's see how corrupt a mandate to buy a junk product, from a monopoly, while empowering the IRS to fine you for not buy said junk.
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lousgirl84
January 25, 2010 4:49 PM in reply to rbeats
You are a moron
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For Want of a Nail
January 25, 2010 5:03 PM in reply to lousgirl84
You're an awesome debater. I see you write comments like this a lot.
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lousgirl84
January 26, 2010 9:21 AM in reply to For Want of a Nail
Some times fewer words give a truer picture.
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Schmed
January 26, 2010 11:00 AM in reply to lousgirl84
You have been exposed as a troll and a thug.
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Overreach THIS!
January 25, 2010 5:20 PM in reply to lousgirl84
I appreciate you have kindly pointed this out, unlike some. Thank you.
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GayIthacan
January 25, 2010 5:00 PM in reply to rbeats
Perhaps rbeats should learn how to use apostrophes appropriately before making such inane statements.
Or, as rbeats would put it, "statement's"
[eyeroll]
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AnswerFrog
January 25, 2010 5:20 PM in reply to GayIthacan
On the interwebs, attacks over spelling and punctuation = cheapshots.
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rynato
January 25, 2010 5:53 PM in reply to AnswerFrog
No, definitely not.
If one does not possess the intelligence to write correctly, it's likely that one's thoughts will be just as poorly formed.
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Ripper McCord
January 25, 2010 6:26 PM in reply to rynato
As someone with a disabled right hand who doesn't always catch my own typos before I hit "Send," I know first-hand, so to speak, that having 100% control of all fingers is not a prerequisite for clarity of thought. Nor, judging by your case, a guarantee of it.
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farnsworth
January 25, 2010 9:10 PM in reply to Ripper McCord
Your response may have merit is some situations. In this situation, rbeats has proven that he plays fast and loose with facts, so any excuse to ridicule him is fair game.
Also, using extraneous apostrophes is not a typo, it is semi-literacy. Semi-literacy always calls into question the intelligence of the poster.
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Cal Gal
January 25, 2010 11:56 PM in reply to Ripper McCord
But in this case, not.
How tough is that, finger wise?
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pakaal
January 26, 2010 2:47 PM in reply to Ripper McCord
You're saying you don't catch your typos before hitting send, which to me says more about lack of proofreading than disability.
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AnswerFrog
January 25, 2010 6:54 PM in reply to rynato
It's not about intelligence to write correctly, it's that the internet is informal and there's no spell check. Ideas and argument should live or die on their merits, not on extraneous factors.
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Leftist Pinko
January 25, 2010 7:46 PM in reply to rynato
It's hard to type correctly when driving, eating a Big Mac and masturbating to AM talk radio.
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MikeE
January 25, 2010 9:20 PM in reply to Leftist Pinko
I've tried that--it's called, "the Rusty hat-trick." Helps if your taking Viagra.
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Cal Gal
January 26, 2010 12:02 AM in reply to MikeE
Or have taken too much.
It's not punctuation. It's not spelling. It's not grammar.
It's expressing a coherent thought that counts.
Who cares that rbeat failed on the first three? It's that fact that s/he failed on fourth that makes him/her legitimately subject to ridicule.
If you can't spell? Fine. If you can't think? Open season.
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AnswerFrog
January 26, 2010 9:28 AM in reply to Cal Gal
Amen.
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Boidster
January 25, 2010 5:16 PM in reply to rbeats
Even Indonesian's what? And which Indonesian are you talking about?
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farnsworth
January 25, 2010 8:53 PM in reply to rbeats
Still lying, I see.
Points for perseverance, I guess.
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Cal Gal
January 25, 2010 11:55 PM in reply to rbeats
Huh? Where did you learn to speak English?
Can't believe you got above a C+ (which would sadly put you on the same level as Bush the Lesser).
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georgecs
January 25, 2010 5:03 PM
Isn't Freedom of Speech a delightful way to separate the dumbasses from thinking people?
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For Want of a Nail
January 25, 2010 5:05 PM
Way to go, building a statue to someone who hasn't done anything and has only had one year in office. At least wait until it's warranted.
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mk3872
January 25, 2010 5:45 PM in reply to For Want of a Nail
Being raised black to a white single mother, spending years as a child in Indonesia and then becoming president of the USA is not accomplishing anything? Huh?
Oh, probably, you just mean accomplishing your own specific pet issue, am I right?
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Overreach THIS!
January 26, 2010 6:43 AM in reply to mk3872
No, no, he's just being a negative type is all.
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For Want of a Nail
January 26, 2010 11:52 AM in reply to mk3872
No, by all means, people should definitely have statues built for being born and being taken to a place because their parents are moving there. Bravo!
I was also born and moved to a new place as a young child, can I get one too?
He did become president, but achieving power is less remarkable than what you do with it.
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grabovcan
January 25, 2010 5:08 PM
Holy sh*t!! .024% of Indonesians want the statue to be taken down. Do what they say! Do what they say!
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Ketz
January 25, 2010 5:19 PM in reply to grabovcan
I believe this constitutes a majority in the U.S. Senate.
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TBender
January 25, 2010 5:26 PM in reply to Ketz
Thread winner.
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Diogenes
January 25, 2010 6:32 PM in reply to Ketz
+1
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sunyatta
January 26, 2010 2:11 AM in reply to Ketz
!!!!
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Juble
January 25, 2010 7:16 PM in reply to grabovcan
And a similar percentage of Americans don't want a Public Option in HCR.
Maybe the Prez is going to ask 'em to find a "bipartisan" position to figure out what to do with the statue.
Knowing how the Prez operates I think he will support the .024% position.
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Sailormarlowe
January 25, 2010 5:15 PM
Pull it down, with plenty CNN cameras around, like Saddam's statue in Baghdad.
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Massenois
January 25, 2010 5:19 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
Then you need the Pentagon boys to make all the arrangements for this spontaneous act. Better yet why don't you go tear it down? I think you will enjoy their justice system
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mcrose68
January 25, 2010 6:48 PM in reply to Massenois
I hear there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner for sale cheap.
Maybe Fox could get that banner, go to Indonesia and hire some Bangladeshis to spontaneously errupt in protest before tearing down the statue.
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farnsworth
January 25, 2010 8:52 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
So it should be a faked propaganda shot with only crooks and puppets in the shot?
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AnswerFrog
January 25, 2010 5:16 PM
They can just wait until the next US president who grew up in Indonesia comes around.
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AnswerFrog
January 25, 2010 5:17 PM
I was expecting Al Qaeda to blow it up anyway.
That's why they never built a George W. Bush statue anywhere.
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Massenois
January 25, 2010 5:20 PM in reply to AnswerFrog
They never built a George Bush statue is they can't find a sculptor that works in pig shit
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hollywood
January 25, 2010 5:33 PM in reply to Massenois
How about a statue of George Bush made out of the bones of the 100,000 dead Iraqis that would otherwise be alive because he was too stupid to see a War for Oil was a huge fucking greedy disaster?
If America had BORROWED and SPENT the 1 trillion dollars the War for Oil has cost us we could have had solar panels on our well insulated roofs charging our electric cars ..... but no ... Cheney wanted the oil for his friends at Halliburton and Exxon ...... to make filthy rich motherfuckers even more filthy rich ..... ain't that America!
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sunyatta
January 26, 2010 2:13 AM in reply to hollywood
!!!!!!!!!!!!
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eratosthenes8
January 25, 2010 5:31 PM
I don't understand why anyone would build a statue of an American president at this stage of his presidency in any case.
Obama might turn out to be a great president; but, he also might turn out to be an incredible embarrassment. Only time will tell.
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hollywood
January 25, 2010 5:37 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
Umm ... actually just being elected to the most powerful executive position on Earth is quite an accomplishment.
And if the other result was the election of grampa McCain to continue the republican policies of Bush, then Obama should go down in History as the greatest American President ever!
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eratosthenes8
January 25, 2010 5:42 PM in reply to hollywood
Then huzzah for statues of George W. Bush, Richard Nixon and James Buchanan.
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mk3872
January 25, 2010 5:48 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
Fine, you don't like those presidents, I take it. I still don't see any merit in your argument that being elected president of the USA by millions of Americans is not an incredible accomplishment.
Look how many statues their are of St. Ronnie Reagan. I happen to think he is not a great president.
So we now must wait for your approval to erect a statue of president that only accomplish what you consider to be "great" things, eh?
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eratosthenes8
January 25, 2010 5:51 PM in reply to mk3872
In other words, huzzah for statues of George W. Bush, Richard Nixon and James Buchanan.
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mk3872
January 25, 2010 10:08 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
Unlike you, I don't get upset over statues, so yes, build one for GW if you so desire
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rynato
January 25, 2010 5:55 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
The way George W. Bush was selected to be president, is nothing to be proud of.
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eratosthenes8
January 25, 2010 6:02 PM in reply to rynato
You seem to be pretty selective: it's okay for statues to be raised in celebration of Barack Obama (whose only accomplishment at this point is his election)...but NOT okay for statues to be cast of George W. Bush, who was elected, at the very least, in 2004.
I, personally, don't think it's a good idea to erect statues of presidents until they've accomplished something worthy of celebration beyond mere election.
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Tom
January 25, 2010 6:19 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
If Bush, Nixon, and Buchanan grew up another country, I would imagine they would have statues. I agree with you about putting up a statue in this country to a new president, but Indonesians are commemorating that a president of the US lived in their country as a boy. It's commemorating that, not any accomplishment beyond becoming president.
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eratosthenes8
January 25, 2010 6:25 PM in reply to Tom
It still seems to me that a president should be given a chance to prove himself before he's commemorated by statuary.
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hollywood
January 25, 2010 7:01 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
Well it still seems to me that a multi-racial boy growing up in Indonesia who ends up getting elected President of the United States is sure as hell something to be proud of. It also is without a question that the election of Obama was a HUGE turning point in the direction of the lone superpower from asshole warmongers to thoughtful peacemakers. That is HUGE! The whole world was thankful.
Oh and Bush was not reelected in 2004 as the many reports of outright fraud in the counting of the votes in Ohio prove beyond a reasonable doubt that had an honest election taken place Kerry would have won Ohio and the Presidency. Read the Rolling Stone article about the massive republican vote counting fraud and you will understand. Bush stole BOTH his terms as president.
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skitzo
January 25, 2010 7:56 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
You sound like the Dean of Arizona State (Harvard of the Southwest) justifying the decision not to give Obama an honorary degree. I suspect your real motivation is not concern for Obama's "lack" of accomplishment.
I personally object to George Bush, the consummate anti-intellectual, getting a library (or as he says "Liberry") built to commemorate his presidency. Wouldn't a statue suffice?
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MikeE
January 25, 2010 9:17 PM in reply to skitzo
How about an empty flightsuit?
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IsItJustMe
January 26, 2010 12:54 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
He's not being recognized by that statue as a President of the USA, but as a son of Indonesia, adopted but nevertheless a son. They have the records and know the truth about his last name... was it Dunham or was it Obama... before the Indonesian Sorento adopted him? When Sorento married Barack's mom, do those records show the nationality of her son? What name is shown for Barack in Indonesia on his school registration papers? His nationality? His religion? Can't Americans get anything from Indonesia on those items? They tipped the truth by hoisting that statue and must have documents that prompted them to recognize his time and reason for being in their country.
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farnsworth
January 25, 2010 9:05 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
In 2004 the election was stolen with the no-paper-trail Diebold voting machines. Yes, I know this has been said before, it was six years ago, la la la. Doesn't change the math that says it was stolen.
I am only bringing it up because you chose to say, "George W. Bush, who was elected, at the very least, in 2004." and imply that it was worthy of a statue. I am just pointing out that you are setting the bar very low.
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sunyatta
January 26, 2010 2:14 AM in reply to eratosthenes8
!!!
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Schmed
January 26, 2010 11:06 AM in reply to eratosthenes8
Don't forget Millard Fillmore.
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Outraged
January 25, 2010 5:35 PM
Maybe they could sell it to a gay couple in New Hampshire for $10,000?
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slb
January 25, 2010 5:47 PM
So -- the Indonesians put up the statue expecting Obama to return the favor by sending them money, or something? And now they're upset because he didn't do that?
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neesy08
January 25, 2010 6:15 PM
i'd be weary of the facebook messenger
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allincompassing
January 25, 2010 6:17 PM
Who cares wether or not Indonesia tears down a statue of Obama, Josh I thought you were a better person than this.
Reminds me of FAUX News!
Jobs, healthcare, Supreme Court, Cabinet Nominations, Cap-N-Trade, LGBT rights, Torture Trials, 2 Wars, Free Trade Agreements, Cardcheck....the list goes on and on.
These are just a few of the topics which should be at the top of the page. Not some fractured half reported gossip that probably is a Redstate propaganda act to begin with!
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AnswerFrog
January 25, 2010 6:55 PM
55K on Facebook is really small.
I think the "Tell Pat Robertson to STFU" group has 100K.
Yet no story. Why?
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Waltz
January 25, 2010 7:30 PM
Um, he's the president of the USA. Haiti just got hit hard. It's been a year...
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Sick of misinformation
January 25, 2010 8:28 PM
I looked on Facebook and the group only has 2000-ish, many of whom don't look appear to be Indonesian. The story was first featured on Fox. Coincidence? Why even re-print this garbage?
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mk3872
January 25, 2010 10:10 PM in reply to Sick of misinformation
I'm pretty sure Josh & Co here @ TPM got duped again ... suckers!
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Veritas78
January 25, 2010 10:16 PM
I'm amazed that you ran this, Josh -- so much for the new media. But I'll happily admit that it was worth what I paid for it.
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Free2_Bme
January 25, 2010 10:40 PM
Oh, come on people... Have you ever balanced a checkbook? I know in my world if it I have a negative balance writing additional checks doesn’t make it positive. It's simple math. Apparently, math isn't one of Obama's strong points. In fact, other than public speaking I don't think he has any strong points.
It’s a shame the hope and change promised to us turned into an obama-nation!
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farnsworth
January 26, 2010 6:17 AM in reply to Free2_Bme
Do you have a point? No? Didn't think so.
Checkbook? WTF. At least you could have trolled with a Fox-approved talking point. I give you an F.
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Free2_Bme
January 26, 2010 10:06 AM in reply to farnsworth
I guess my point was over your head. Duh, you can't spend your way out of debt. That's how Obama started his term and he's gone down hill from there. I don't need to watch fox news. I just know my history. Not the spin taught by partisan professors but the actual history of our country. You should open your mind. Do some research of your own. You might be surprised to learn without the spin facts are quite shocking. The constitution has become less and less relevant since Woodrow Wilson.
In one year our great leader has increased the debt more than any other in history and I doubt this Obama-nation will see any improvement until the corrupt politicians in both parties are long gone.
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mk3872
January 26, 2010 12:45 PM in reply to Free2_Bme
uh-oh ... tea bag troll alert!
You need to invest to gain economic recovery traction and deal with short-term deficits.
Then you can start paying down the debt.
As your hero Dick Cheney so proudly said: "Deficts don't matter"!
Except, of course, when you are playing political games!
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Free2_Bme
January 26, 2010 5:36 PM in reply to mk3872
Funny you "Ass"ume I'm a tea bagger. Never been to a tea party, in fact I vote democrat when deserved. It's a shame some folks have such a closed minds they can't believe a person can think for themselves. Conforming to the opinion of others has never been my thing. As for Cheney being my hero, there you go “ass”uming again. He and Bush did keep us safe, which I can’t Obama will. However, as I stated, I don’t conform to anyone else’s way of thinking. The only hero in my life is my father, a man who was willing to give his life for the freedom of America. Having been blessed with parents who taught me the importance of ethics as well as solid family values (both of which are harder to find these days), I don’t need to rely on anyone else’s opinion.
From your assumptions of me, I’m guessing you follow the uber left and believe that the stimulus is working. Then again why wouldn’t you with all the thousands of people it helped employee in the numerous non-existing districts. Oh and course I can’t forget all the “saved” jobs.(what a joke) Hmmm I bet you’re one of those people who idolize mass murders such as Mao?
I’m sorry, that wasn’t fair. You may not be as out of touch as your response implied. Either way, you might try doing a little research using fact-based material. I know it’s hard to find with all the right and left propaganda out there but there’s good material available. I recommend you start with the constitution.
Once you find the fact for yourself, you’ll be able to understand that a person doesn’t have to be a tea bagger to expect accountability. You might find free thinking a lot more fulfilling than sitting around drinking the Kool-Aid with all the other conformists.
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farnsworth
January 27, 2010 11:39 PM in reply to Free2_Bme
ROFL!!!
Safe, except for the thousands who died. It is not part of the Republican talking points to admit that happened during the Bush/Cheney years.Reply | Flag Abuse
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Free2_Bme
January 29, 2010 1:08 AM in reply to farnsworth
Are you referring to the 9/11 victims? At that time the entire country was caught off guard with an attach on our homeland. Bush and Cheney immediately recognized it as a declaration of "war" on our country. Not a man made disaster. Unlike our current leaders, granting the terrorist (oops enemy combatants) the same American Civil Rights our troops are dying in the "overseas contingency operation" to protect. Nor did they provide attorneys paid for my American tax dollars. I feel quite sure Al Qeda and their followers are "ROFL" at the weakening of our current commander and chief.
I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I don't base my opinion on "republican" talking point. I'm not a party follower. I voted and was pleased with Clinton. My points come from my own research and conclusions. Apparently, that is a new concept to you. Really, you should try it time. You would probably spend less time "ROFL". Nah, you would have to open your mind for that to happen and recent experience tells me that you lefties are either unwilling or incapable of such an endeavor.
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sunyatta
January 26, 2010 2:08 AM
kind of weird that it was erected in the first place...
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farnsworth
January 26, 2010 6:22 AM in reply to sunyatta
Yeah, weird. Nowhere in America do they honor childhood home towns of famous people.
Besides everywhere, that is.
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Silence
January 26, 2010 7:45 AM
What the heck is that on his hand?
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AnswerFrog
January 26, 2010 9:30 AM
Yeah, as pointed out, this group has 2000 members.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=201333563545
This article is simply wrong.
TPM = Out-Foxed again.
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IsItJustMe
January 26, 2010 12:29 PM
Indonesia, good for you. It is right to exhibit a statue of Barry Dunham Sorento. Kenya should put one up with the name Barack Hussain Obama. Then, if there are any MORE courageous people in either country, you could show the citizens of the USA the BIRTH CERTIFICATE, THE SCHOOL REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS, THE PASSPORT ENTRY/DEPARTURE RECORDS, because the mystery guy in our Oval Office has hidden them from USA citizens. USA citizens have to deal with troops of attorneys the guy in our Oval Office hired to keep us from getting access to those records... now, if you guys would be brave and toss those records on the internet, you would be going around ALL governments, and would become real, appreciated friends of US CITIZENS. SHOW US THE RECORDS that gave you reason to build and display that statue, Indonesia, and SHOW US THE RECORDS that gave you reason to claim the mystery guy as one of your own, Kenya.
Americans can't seem to get the job done, here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Hold on to YOUR courage and KEEP that statue up. We may just send the real item back to you.
CONGRATULATIONS on making a visual statement in such a creative and thoughtful way!!!
YOU "got 'er done", as some of us say, here.
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Tralbry
January 26, 2010 1:52 PM
Simple Answer: Announce that every person who wants the statue torn down can fill out a basic form requesting this at local town halls in Indonesia. Then let's see how many facebookers show up.
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iamwomanofcolor
January 26, 2010 2:07 PM
poor poor poor man/woman... you don't even have an ounce of respect in your entire body to refer to the man in the Whitehouse as our Honorable PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!!! yet you can spew your venom online in dribbles of hostility towards one of the most brilliant, compassionate humans ever to walk in the foots of his/our ancestors... you think you know about American History? Spare me or tell us about what YOU HAVE DONE TO THE POOR AND DOWNTRODDEN OF THIS NATURE... better yet let's discuss your ancestors owing mine and President Obams's - and beating us mercilessly into submission so that we may build "your" country from the ground up - you hateful piece of FILTH... I pry for you to become a true "mench" - a loving individual who can and will GIVE PEACE A CHANCE AND HOPE... you really loved the condition your bushman left this country in? and you blame our Beloved President Obama for the state of affairs we're in today? you need a true LIFE LESSON IN THE FACTS!!! I hope you can get over yourself tho i realize that's an impossibility because it's probably been inbred in you from your hateful ancestors - and lastly, YOUR TRUE PROBLEM WITH MY AWESOME PRESIDENT IS THE COLOR OF HIS BEAUTIFUL SKIN - WHICH IS THE COLOR OF MINE...GORGEOUS CARAMEL - what color is yours? pasty white? i am certain that you hate him because he is different from you and yours - not because he is TOO BRILLIANT! get a "new" life theme and be happy..God Bless America even the hatefilled racists!!!!!!!! He is YOUR PRESIDENT TOO...
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Nyx
January 26, 2010 3:02 PM in reply to iamwomanofcolor
What's wrong with being "pasty white?" I'm a caramel colored person myself,(perhaps even a bit darker) but I don't agree with President Barack Obama, or respect him that much. The way you wrote it, it seems like you're trying to imply that being white and disagreeing means that the person in question is a racist. I'm the same color he is, and the same color you are. I don't agree with him on a lot of things. I didn't vote for him. I wish he wasn't the president.
As far as the article is concerned, Indonesia can do what it wants with the statue. It's their statue and their decision. It doesn't really affect me.
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1libdem
January 26, 2010 2:32 PM
justme is one sick puppy full of anger and jealousy over a black intellectual having been elected to lead a once pasty white country. Forgive him for he knows not what he speaks. He's just another ill informed teabagger voting against his own interest because talking heads (rush limpballs, insannity, loony beck and the whole faux no news crowd) tell him to.
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robcat2075
January 26, 2010 2:35 PM
A Facebook "petition" gets prompt attention from the Indonesian government?
And how much "contribution" is an American President supposed to make to Indonesia?
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Polly Tics
January 26, 2010 2:39 PM
Something is fishy here...
Considering that this has been a Facebook protest and one of a very small count, why would a nation even begin to consider anything such a group recommends?
What has happened between this month and the last that makes Indonesians believe the statue was a mistake?
Nope, something's not quite right about all of this...
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pakaal
January 26, 2010 2:49 PM
Indonesia spends a bunch of money to build a statue, then a month later it wants to take it down? Sounds like they have bigger problems than dealing with Facebook protest groups.
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cher
January 26, 2010 4:49 PM
this is ridiculous...did obama ask these nimwits to put up a statue in his honor? why are they crying foul b/c he is not sending a handout their way? geesh...take the crap down and be done with it....i fail to see how it enhances or take away from obama in any significant way! a non-issue for most folks...
on another note--if the comments here are any indication, obama is in serious trouble. all is not lost though....he and his wussies in washington can still make this right...my only concern is unless obama gives his blood, nothing he does will ever be enough...all other presidents before him can err, but he is expected to be GOd himself and turn water into wine within a year. why? because he had the audacity to become the first black president, so in order to prove his worth, he has to freaking on walk on water...
get to it Obama...sing a jiggle and part the red sea ...rolling eyes.>>>> UNbelievable!!!
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iamwomanofcolor
January 26, 2010 5:07 PM
soooo very interesting that the only thing you could respond to in my earlier post was the "pasty white" comment - hey my gorgeous Mother is pasty white and she is definitely not a RACIST!!! What you really needed to respond to was your utter lack of respect for a brilliant POTUS! you don't have to "like" him and you didn't have to vote for him - we do and we did - yes we can have an Awesome President such as Mr. Obama! so very sorry for you that you wish he wasn't our President - would you truly deeply sincerely want it to be Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin? good luck with that... not gonna happen... So, alas, my final comment/point is this: work with what you've got instead of merely spewing forth the bile and hate that got us into this segregated racist nation that we exist in today - never has a presidency been so thoroughly polarized as with this Black Man's Election to the White House!!!! and it is because of the likes of you... you truly need to discuss / talk about "resolutions"... and/or "alternatives" instead of just putting down a fellow human being who had the balls, etc. to step up to the plate and challenge the status quo - for, on and behalf of ALL OF US!!!! you are a loser in the "human" race... but God Bless you and yours...Peace on Earth!
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Nyx
February 5, 2010 5:09 AM in reply to iamwomanofcolor
I responded to the "pasty white" comment because I thought it implied something. You seem to be saying now that it didn't imply what I thought it did, so I'll leave it alone. I'm not spewing forth hate in my comment. I was just stating that I'm black person and I didn't want President Obama to be the President. I don't recall putting down President Obama apart from saying that I wish he wasn't President. I am aware that there is no chance of McCain becoming president. I can deal with that, and clearly I have to. I believe I'm allowed to not approve of President Obama being President. In America, we are allowed to have opinions and express them. There is really no need to call me a loser for expressing my opinion. You certainly pulled no punches expressing yours.
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alimad
January 27, 2010 3:30 PM
Leave it up and will one of you please create a "leave it up" page/cause on Facebook. I'm too busy to do it, but would join it, fan it and spread it. Leave the cute little statue in a park up.
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Tosh
March 12, 2010 2:25 AM
i heard they moved it to another place or something
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