Obama Statue Will Leave Indonesian Park

'Little Barry' bound for president's old school

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2010 10:32 AM CST

(Newser) – A statue of President Obama that has drawn the ire of tens of thousands on Facebook will be moved from a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, to a less prominent spot near his old school. That location “is more appropriate,” an official tells AFP. He said the statue will be shifted “as soon as possible, hopefully before Obama’s visit to Jakarta” in March. “Little Barry”—as Obama was known when he lived in Indonesia from 1967 to 1971—will be placed “near the school gate so the public can still view it.”

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The statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy at Menteng Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

Indonesian students wave their country's flags near the bronze statue of young President Barack Obama. (AP Photo)

Indonesian students look at the statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy at Menteng Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

An Indonesian man plays with his son under the statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy at Menteng Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo)

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Non-deep-thinker

Feb 7, 2010 12:16 PM CST

I don't get it either. Why would people on Facebook be so pissed at Obama that they'd want a statue of a child moved in Indonesia... Do people on Facebook even know who's President? They don't seem to be into anything but Facebook, the ones I know...

Kant

Feb 6, 2010 6:02 AM CST

It's called a double standard. Liberals may make disparaging remarks about conservatives. Conservatives may NOT make disparaging remarks about liberals. Yes, its hypocritical. But at least you can laugh while the far left tries to convince you that there is no double standard. BYW, GO COLTS!

alienvv

Feb 5, 2010 8:51 AM CST

next time they will move the statue OUT OF TOWN...so public can not trow eggs on it....

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Obama Statue Will Leave Indonesian Park