blog assignment #18: Obama

                           Barack Obama

        Born on August 14, 1961, Barack Hussein Obama the second became the first African American president of the United states. He assumed office on January 20, 2009 with his vice President Joe Biden. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law school. He has been working his way up to president since 1981. Before he became president he worked his way up little by little, and finally earned the place as the President of The United States.

       He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, by his mother Stanley Ann Dunham and father Barack Obama Sir. Being born in Hawaii made Barack the first president of the united states to have been from Hawaii. Barack later recalled that his father looked nothing like the people around him. He said he had been pitch black, and is mother had been as white as milk. While in high school Barack later admitted his possession of drugs then, and said that was his biggest failure. After high school, in 1979, he moved out of Hawaii and into Los Angeles to attend Occidental College.

       In 1996, Barack was elected to become the Illinois Senator. He keep being re-elected, but finally in 2000, he lost. But in 2005-2008 he became senator once again. Alas, in November of 2008 he resigned from his seat as senator to take on the dream to become the president of the United States. By this point Barack was married to Michelle Robinson Obama an had two daughters Malia and Sasha. He fully announced his running for president in February 10, 2007.

      Many have been saying Barack Obama is Muslim, because he was raised Muslim. However Barack claims to be a Christian. Though many don't believe it, he has said it himself in interviews many times. In one news article it claims Barack Obama as Agnostic. Agnostic are people who don't know if a God or gods are real, but do not claim about a God or gods. While other go around saying that he is atheist. Atheist don't believe their is a God, and say they must see proof to believe.

     Though some people don't like the thing Obama is doing, we must pray for him. We must pray because the Bible says to pray for your leaders, it doesn't say to just pray for the ones you like. Obama is human, so es he will make some mistakes as president. Though being the president looks like an easy job, it is no where near that. Obama has to help with every little, and big thing that happens to the United States.


(left to right: Obama's grandpa, mom, half sister,
and Obama)