HogTrash
02-15-2010, 03:08 PM
Jakarta to move controversial Obama statue from park to his old school
The Jakarta government will remove a controversial statue of President Obama from a public park in central Jakarta and erect it at his former elementary school, Gov. Fauzi Bowo says, according to the Jakarta Globe.
The lifesize statue of Obama as a child was unveiled in Menteng Park in December.
That prompted an opposition group to spring up, setting up a page on Facebook that has attracted almost 3,000 members.
The group also filed a lawsuit against the city to have the statue taken down.
Its members argued that the space would be better used for an Indonesian hero, rather than the U.S. president, who spent four years in Jakarta as a child, the paper says.
Fauzi said the city administration will move the statue as soon as possible.
Obama is expected to visit his old school during a trip to Indonesia next month, the Globe says.
"It will be ready at the school if the guest really comes here and it will give him a special memory," Fauzi said.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/02/jakarata-to-move-controversial-obama-statue-from-city-park-to-his-old-school/1Considering a major street in Washington DC was renamed to honor the exconvict and self avoid racist, Malcolm X, I'm guessing that regardless of what kind of president Barack Obama turns out to be, he will be immortalized in bronze and stone in our nations capital and streets named after him in every city.
Why ??????????.....Because he's black of course.
The Jakarta government will remove a controversial statue of President Obama from a public park in central Jakarta and erect it at his former elementary school, Gov. Fauzi Bowo says, according to the Jakarta Globe.
The lifesize statue of Obama as a child was unveiled in Menteng Park in December.
That prompted an opposition group to spring up, setting up a page on Facebook that has attracted almost 3,000 members.
The group also filed a lawsuit against the city to have the statue taken down.
Its members argued that the space would be better used for an Indonesian hero, rather than the U.S. president, who spent four years in Jakarta as a child, the paper says.
Fauzi said the city administration will move the statue as soon as possible.
Obama is expected to visit his old school during a trip to Indonesia next month, the Globe says.
"It will be ready at the school if the guest really comes here and it will give him a special memory," Fauzi said.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/02/jakarata-to-move-controversial-obama-statue-from-city-park-to-his-old-school/1Considering a major street in Washington DC was renamed to honor the exconvict and self avoid racist, Malcolm X, I'm guessing that regardless of what kind of president Barack Obama turns out to be, he will be immortalized in bronze and stone in our nations capital and streets named after him in every city.
Why ??????????.....Because he's black of course.