Tuesday, November 24, 2020

44th President of the United States - Barack Hussein Obama




 44th President of the United States - Barack Hussein Obama - 11x14 -Graphite

Though Barack Obama was born in the United States, he lived for four years in Indonesia, leading is successor to believe that meant he wasn’t born here somehow. Unlike Thomas Jefferson, who loved slaves and ice cream, Obama doesn’t like either. I know…who doesn’t like ice cream? He’s been Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” twice (2008 and 2012). His grandfather in Kenya was inspired by President Eisenhower to send his son to America, where he would meet Barack’s mom. According to President Obama, his mom and dad met because of the Selma march in 1965. He was born in 1961, so…yeah. Hawaii had just become a state 2 years prior, so I can understand how some might think he was born in another country. (sarcasm people…sarcasm)

Anyway, Barack Obama doesn’t drink coffee which I find disturbing, and his iconic haircut is on weekly maintenance. He had a sculpture of a wooden hand holding an egg on his desk which symbolizes the fragility of power. He was rejected as a model (which is shocking. He’s fucking hot). While in the senate, he sponsored a bill to require the police to videotape interrogations in capital crime cases, something I’m sure the department fucking hated. 

Because health rates are through the roof and people had to choose between dying and going to the doctor, Obama signed the ACA, which wasn’t perfect, but it was a start. He ended the war in Iraq, gave the order to take out Osama Bin Laden. The country went from $10 trillion to $20 trillion under his administration, and he collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics. 

Concerning the debt: A note about the national debt. The last time we were debt free was under Andrew Jackson’s administration. Since then, each administration has taken us further into debt. 

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