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Indeed, he's such a selfish prick, should have changed his name to Barry O'bama. Variant Send a noteboard - 10/11/2010 06:46:55 AM
Where immigrants throughout the centuries have adjusted their names to fit in in America (Walid, who manages the local convenience store in my town goes by Wally, and an Albanian friend of my father, Bilbil, goes by Billy, for two examples), a guy who went by Barry as a kid's deliberate choice to use his full foreign name comes across as a deliberate rejection of America and its sensibilities.


It would have at least sounded Irish and Pro-American.

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NY Times reveals Obama's boyhood gay nanny. Glenn Beck's head explodes. damookster - 10/11/2010 05:24:52 AM 1139 Views
what, no video of the head-splosion? *NM* temeraire - 10/11/2010 05:35:34 AM 366 Views
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The fact that he no longer goes by Barry is part of his problem. Cannoli - 10/11/2010 06:32:11 AM 717 Views
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Indeed, he's such a selfish prick, should have changed his name to Barry O'bama. Variant - 10/11/2010 06:46:55 AM 648 Views
Barry O'bama. HA! Avendesora - 10/11/2010 01:24:04 PM 605 Views
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yes how dare he use his OWN NAME LadyLorraine - 10/11/2010 01:03:20 PM 638 Views
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so did random thoughts get his feathers all up over a joke? *NM* LadyLorraine - 10/11/2010 04:34:46 PM 307 Views
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except Beck is not a group of people. LadyLorraine - 10/11/2010 09:03:51 PM 678 Views
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Seriously that is what Random Thoughts is Roland00 - 10/11/2010 10:47:45 PM 595 Views
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Yes I am the resident bitch, and I like being the resident bitch *NM* Roland00 - 11/11/2010 02:03:15 PM 310 Views
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