Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Barack Obama
I came across this while cruising Digg. Since I’m a Barak Obama fan, I though it would make a nice addition here.
Originally posted on USNews.com
Compiled by the U.S. News library staff.
1. Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name, Barack, means “blessed” in Swahili and was also his Kenyan father’s name.
2. He says he hasn’t liked ice cream since working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager.
3. His childhood nickname was Barry.
4. Obama is the third African-American senator since Reconstruction.
5. He married Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, who supervised him while he was working as a summer associate in a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
6. As an Illinois state senator, he sponsored a bill to require the police to videotape interrogations in capital crime cases. Illinois was the first state to do this.
7. A school in his father’s hometown near Lake Victoria in Kenya has been renamed the Senator Barack Obama Secondary School.
8. He loves playing Scrabble.
9. Obama and his wife bought a house on Chicago’s South Side in June 2005 for $1.65 million. It has four fireplaces.
10. His heroes are Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Pablo Picasso, and John Coltrane.
I’m not sure what the point is about saying how much he spent on a house (and the number of fireplaces), but other than that I thought it was an interesting list.
-Cheers
March 16th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Thanks for the information on Barack, I just recently saw him speak in Los Angeles, I am part of a split household, my wife is a Hillary fan and I am very impressed with Barack.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Yea, my wife is leaning towards Hillary as well. I tried to convince her that Obama is the better choice, but she still wants to see Hillary take office.
Maybe if Obama comes to Portland we can go hear him speak; that might convince her. But judging from his schedule (the last I saw of it) it will be a while before he makes his way up here.