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Indonesia May Tear Down Obama Statue

Facebook drives puts matter on government agenda

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 25, 2010 7:21 PM CST
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(Newser) – Under pressure from a 55,000-member-strong Facebook group, Indonesian authorities are considering tearing down a statue of Barack Obama as a boy, less than a month after it was erected in a Jakarta park near Obama’s childhood home. “We’ve been discussing ... whether to take it down, move it elsewhere or retain it,” a parks official tells AFP. “We’re finding the best solution.”

Obama, who lived in Indonesia for 4 years beginning in 1967, “has yet to make a significant contribution to the Indonesian nation,” the Facebook page says. “We could say Obama only ate and shit in Menteng. He spent his subsequent days living as an American.”

A statue of President Barack Obama as 10-year-old boy stands in Menteng Park in Jakarta, Indonesia; the government is under pressure from a Facebook group to tear it down or move it.
A statue of President Barack Obama as 10-year-old boy stands in Menteng Park in Jakarta, Indonesia; the government is under pressure from a Facebook group to tear it down or move it.   (AP Photo)
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NxBigmouthery
Jan 27, 2010 9:37 AM CST
'Several' what? 'All' what? I don't need to make a point when I responding to you, your idiocy is plain for all to see. Glib and facile statements such as 'everyone hates the guy' take care of it for me. Unless...you actually believe that statement to be true, in which case, I look forward to you proving it, because that's one hell of a burden of proof have.
BlueAyez
Jan 27, 2010 6:20 AM CST
And when does it have political power in foreign countries?
inkedheart
Jan 27, 2010 4:04 AM CST
is it because they erect this statue trying to get on the fame train and instantly expecting money for doing so? If SNL was actually funny like it used to be this would be a great skit.
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