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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 678087" data-attributes="member: 12952">55,000 Indonesians sign petition against Obama statue&nbsp;&nbsp; by DefendUSx&nbsp;&nbsp; January 26, 2010 02:19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About 55,000 Indonesians have signed a petition to have a statue of US President Barack Obama removed.The statue of the US president as a young boy is located in a park in the capital Jakarta and was unveiled last month. Barack Obama lived in Jakarta from ages six to ten.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Note: Obama living in Indonesia from ages 6 to 10 is the &quot;official&quot; story. However, there is more than one source that claim Obama lived in Indonesia all through his teens. The truth is, no one really knows and information supporting this has been scrubbed otherwise. If scrubbing is any indication of erasing the truth, then one has to question what was scrubbed even more.Critics say Mr Obama has done nothing for Indonesia and does not deserve a statue. They have opened a petition on the network site Facebook and submitted the results to the Indonesian authorities who have said they will consider the issue.Dwi Bintarto, the official responsible for Jakarta&#039;s city parks, says the statue does not represent Obama as president of the United States, but rather as a young boy. He said the statue is intended to motivate young people to study hard and set themselves ambitious objectives.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 678087, member: 12952"] [B]55,000 Indonesians sign petition against Obama statue[/B] by DefendUSx January 26, 2010 02:19 About 55,000 Indonesians have signed a petition to have a statue of US President Barack Obama removed. The statue of the US president as a young boy is located in a park in the capital Jakarta and was unveiled last month. Barack Obama lived in Jakarta from ages six to ten. [INDENT] [B]Note: [/B]Obama living in Indonesia from ages 6 to 10 is the "official" story. However, there is more than one source that claim Obama lived in Indonesia all through his teens. The truth is, no one really knows and information supporting this has been scrubbed otherwise. If scrubbing is any indication of erasing the truth, then one has to question what was scrubbed even more.[/INDENT] Critics say Mr Obama has done nothing for Indonesia and does not deserve a statue. They have opened a petition on the network site Facebook and submitted the results to the Indonesian authorities who have said they will consider the issue. Dwi Bintarto, the official responsible for Jakarta's city parks, says the statue does not represent Obama as president of the United States, but rather as a young boy. He said the statue is intended to motivate young people to study hard and set themselves ambitious objectives. [/QUOTE]

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