TOPIC: Barack Obama, the Man, the Myth, the Legend

What is it about Barack Obama that sends shivers up everyone's spine?  Is it his historic rise to the most prestigious seat in the world? Is it his good looks or magnetic personality?  Whatever it is, he has not only a nation enthralled but the world as well.  Here are some news stories to help prove that point.

Obama musical set to open in Germany

[Source: Dayton Daily News, January 13, 2010]

"Hope-the Obama Musical Story" will open up later this month at Jahrhunderthalle concert hall in Frankfurt.  The play was written by Randall Hitchins.  The story's timeline starts 20 years ago and goes all the way up to the 2008 election.

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• Obama musical thrills audiences in Germany [Source: AFP via Breitbart, January 18, 2010]: According to the article, "Two other shows have already put the US president on stage meanwhile, "Obama On My Mind" in London, and "Obama: The Musical" in Nairobi."

Obama Float at Carnival

[Source: Yahoo Photos, February 13, 2010]

Party animal? Obama nightclub opens next week in China 

[Source: Washington Examiner, April 21, 2010]

While his poll numbers in the states aren't what they used to be, some Chinese entrepreneurs must be hoping the "Obama brand" holds strong internationally. A nightclub named after the American president, the Obama Entertainment Club, opens Monday in Shanghai, China. Details about how exactly the club is Obama-themed still are scarce, though promotional materials found by the blog Shanghaiist tout that the club "will bring international glamour, excitement and refined luxury to the Shanghai entertainment scene." A Web site has been started for the party space, but it is still under construction, and a logo has been unveiled. It's Obama's name with a bare hot pink woman's leg posing out of the "O.

So Who’s Going To Play Candidate Obama? 

[Source: Deadline.com, April 29, 2010]

Indonesia movie on US president set for launch

[Source: AFP via Daily Nation, June 30, 2010]

Indonesian film portrays Obama's early years 

[Source: AP via Breitbart, May 20, 2010]

Barack Obama Elementary Opens in Maryland

[Source: NBC Washington, August 23, 2010]

Indonesia mulls tearing down Obama statute

[Source: AFP via Google, January 24, 2010]

Indonesian authorities said Monday they are considering a petition to tear down a statue, [depicting] the boy Obama dressed in shorts and a T-shirt with a butterfly perched on his hand, only a month after the bronze was unveiled in Jakarta. The statue of "Little Barry" -- as Obama was known when he lived in the capital in the late 1960s -- stands in central Jakarta's Menteng Park. Obama, who was born in Hawaii, lived for four years as a child in Jakarta from 1967 after his divorced mother married an Indonesian.

RELATED:

• Obama statue removed from park amid outcry [Source: AP via MSNBC, February 15, 2010] 
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/michelle-obama-barack-obama-is-kenyan.html
• http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/shocker-obama-was-still-kenyan-born-in-2003 [Source: WND, May 18, 2012]
• http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/05/ap-2004-flashback-kenyan-born-obama-all-set-for-us-senate/[Source: Gateway Pundit, May 17, 2012]
• http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/The-Vetting-Barack-Obama-Literary-Agent-1991-Born-in-Kenya-Raised-Indonesia-Hawaii[Source: Breitbart, May 17, 2012] 
• The Story of Obama: All in the Company [Source: Lew Rockwell, September 7, 2010]