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freshwest

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15. President Barack Obama’s Bio At A Glance
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 02:34 PM
Mar 2012

Barack Hussein Obama II was born on Aug 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii

Age 2 – Parents separated and father left

Age 6 – Moved to Indonesia with mother and step-father in 1967

Age 10 – Returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents in 1971

Age 18 – Moved to LA to attend Occidental College in 1979

Age 20 – Transferred to Columbia University in NY in 1981

Age 21 – Father died in car accident in 1982

Age 22 – Graduated from Columbia University with BA in political science and worked for a year

Age 24 – Moved to Chicago in 1985 and worked as director of a church-based community organization

Age 27 – Travelled to Kenya and meet his paternal relatives in 1988

Age 27 – Entered Harvard Law School in late 1988

Age 28 – Gained national media attention as he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review (student journal) in 1989

Age 30 – Graduated from Harvard Law School and returned to Chicago

Age 31 – Married Michelle in 1992

Age 31 – Directed a voter registration project to register 150 thousands unregistered African Americans in Illinois in 1992

Age 31 – Served as a professor at the University of Chicago Law School for 12 years from 1992 to 2004

Age 32 – Named as one of the "40 under Forty" distinguished people by Crain's Chicago Business in 1993

Age 34 – Mother died in cancer in 1995

Age 34 – Published his first book “Dreams from My Father - The Audacity of Hope” in 1995

Age 36 – Served as Illinois State legislator from 1997 to 2004

Age 37 – 1st daughter Malia was born in 1998

Age 40 – 2nd daughter Sasha was born in 2001

Age 43 – Served as US Senator from 2005 to 2008

Age 47 - Grandmother died the day before election.

Age 47 – Became the 44th President of the United States in Jan. 2009

http://palmreading.chineseastrologyonline.com/Palm-Reading-ObamaBio.htm

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I couldn't help but notice quotation marks. Odd that. Schema Thing Mar 2012 #1
Why is that odd? Not my quote, so I added them. babylonsister Mar 2012 #3
No, of course I didn't miss anything. Schema Thing Mar 2012 #4
Maybe it's only one person's opinion I agree with. babylonsister Mar 2012 #5
Believe it's Johnny Cash's quote, who lost fans supporting Obama. freshwest Mar 2012 #8
Garth nailed it. savalez Mar 2012 #9
Garth is against racism and supports gay rights and has been maligned for all of that. freshwest Mar 2012 #11
I am SO stealing that Brooks vid. My tea party sister LOVES him. DevonRex Mar 2012 #10
Sounds like a winner. Glad you guys enjoyed that. freshwest Mar 2012 #12
I'm sorry, I couldn't watch the first video, but Garth hits the proverbial nail on the head. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #16
Yes, it was torture. He looked like he'd been awake about a week. freshwest Mar 2012 #17
So true. freshwest Mar 2012 #2
He has the patience of wisdom Ziggystrange Mar 2012 #6
beautiful!! nofurylike Mar 2012 #7
Yes! Kath1 Mar 2012 #13
I posted this years ago elsewhere about his Chinese palm reading from a picture of his hand, and freshwest Mar 2012 #14
President Barack Obama’s Bio At A Glance freshwest Mar 2012 #15
soo.......... who finally said this? secondwind Mar 2012 #18
Johnny Cash. freshwest Mar 2012 #19
Okay, I was wrong, wrong, wrong! I apologize. Here's my correction: freshwest Apr 2012 #24
agreed 100% th1977sk Mar 2012 #20
I am fiercely proud handmade34 Mar 2012 #21
Whomever said it..I totally agree! Maybe Cha Mar 2012 #22
Kick politicasista Mar 2012 #23
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