Early life and career of Barack Obama

[lazia2012]

Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii,[2][4][5] and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii.[6] His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas, and was of mostly English ancestry.[7] His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Kenya. Obama's parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.[8][9] The couple married in Wailuku on Maui on February 2, 1961,[10][11] and separated when Obama's mother moved with her newborn son to Seattle, Washington, in late August 1961, to attend the University of Washington for one year. In the meantime, Obama, Sr. completed his undergraduate economics degree in Hawaii in June 1962, then left to attend graduate school at Harvard University on a scholarship. His parents divorced in March 1964.[12] Obama Sr. returned to Kenya in 1964 where he remarried; he visited Barack in Hawaii only once, in 1971.[13] He died in an automobile accident in 1982.[14]In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, and with the aid of a scholarship attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.[18] Obama lived with his mother and sister in Hawaii for three years from 1972 to 1975 while his mother was a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Hawaii.[19] Obama chose to stay in Hawaii with his grandparents for high school at Punahou when his mother and sister returned to Indonesia in 1975 to begin anthropology field work.[20] His mother spent most of the next two decades in Indonesia, divorcing Lolo in 1980 and earning a Ph.D. in 1992, before dying in 1995 in Hawaii following treatment for ovarian cancer and uterine cancer.[21]
 
Of his early childhood, Obama recalled, "That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind."[9] He described his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial
 

[vickysue]

If you sayso. But i will take it witha grain of salt he has lied and changed his comments so much.

[sammywantsya]

If you sayso. But i will take it witha grain of salt he has lied and changed his comments so much.

really??? did u get your facts straight??i think ur talking about ronmey...

[firestorm420]

This post does NOT belong in this thread. This thread is 'FusionCash' and is for posts about FusionCash not politics. There is an 'Off-Topic' thread that would be better for everyone - people looking for useful information wont have to see irrelevant posts, and you will get more responses from people in the Off Topic thread then in this one.

Its not a 'big' deal, however when alot of people make this mistake and post in the wrong place it makes it harder for members to find things they are looking for, so please try to pay attention to the topic of the thread you are posing in.

[jnjmolly]

I love Obama....I think he is down to earth and very humble. He is so different from Romney and I could bot imagine him not being president the next 4 years!

[duroz]

Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii,[2][4][5] and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii.[6] His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas, and was of mostly English ancestry.[7] His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Kenya. Obama's parents met in 1960 in a Russian class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.[8][9] The couple married in Wailuku on Maui on February 2, 1961,[10][11] and separated when Obama's mother moved with her newborn son to Seattle, Washington, in late August 1961, to attend the University of Washington for one year. In the meantime, Obama, Sr. completed his undergraduate economics degree in Hawaii in June 1962, then left to attend graduate school at Harvard University on a scholarship. His parents divorced in March 1964.[12] Obama Sr. returned to Kenya in 1964 where he remarried; he visited Barack in Hawaii only once, in 1971.[13] He died in an automobile accident in 1982.[14]In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, and with the aid of a scholarship attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.[18] Obama lived with his mother and sister in Hawaii for three years from 1972 to 1975 while his mother was a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Hawaii.[19] Obama chose to stay in Hawaii with his grandparents for high school at Punahou when his mother and sister returned to Indonesia in 1975 to begin anthropology field work.[20] His mother spent most of the next two decades in Indonesia, divorcing Lolo in 1980 and earning a Ph.D. in 1992, before dying in 1995 in Hawaii following treatment for ovarian cancer and uterine cancer.[21]
 
Of his early childhood, Obama recalled, "That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind."[9] He described his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial

Thanks for posting this....(although you did post it in the wrong board)

It was some interesting "informational trivia" to read about President Obama. I enjoyed it. 

[duroz]

"This post does NOT belong in this thread. This thread is 'FusionCash' and is for posts about FusionCash not politics. There is an 'Off-Topic' thread......"
"......when alot of people make this mistake and post in the wrong place it makes it harder for members to find things they are looking for, so please try to pay attention to the topic of the thread you are posing in."

Good points made, and good advice (I bolded that portion)

If you sayso. But i will take it witha grain of salt he has lied and changed his comments so much.

Pfffffftttt.....

"....I think he is down to earth and very humble......."

I completely agree with you on both points, and the "info-trivia" lazia2012 posted above lends a little insight (perhaps) into why this is.

[ghunter]

Thanks for all the information.  Pres. Obama is a good President and I hopes he gets reelected, but it is in God's hand and if that is his plan then he will.  GO VOTE!

[Cuppycake]

This post does NOT belong in this thread. This thread is 'FusionCash' and is for posts about FusionCash not politics. There is an 'Off-Topic' thread that would be better for everyone - people looking for useful information wont have to see irrelevant posts, and you will get more responses from people in the Off Topic thread then in this one.

Its not a 'big' deal, however when alot of people make this mistak :bs:e and post in the wrong place it makes it harder for members to find things they are looking for, so please try to pay attention to the topic of the thread you are posing in.

Well if they buy into barry's   you can't expect them to know how to make a proper post any way lol!

[Cuppycake]

Thanks for all the information.  Pres. Obama is a good President and I hopes he gets reelected, but it is in God's hand and if that is his plan then he will.  GO VOTE!

Amazing. A barry supporter and a bible thumper. No wonder the world is soo bad off. 

[falcon9]

Thanks for all the information.  Pres. Obama is a good President and I hopes he gets reelected, but it is in God's hand and if that is his plan then he will.  GO VOTE!

Amazing. A barry supporter and a bible thumper. No wonder the world is soo bad off. 

Worse yet, if the thumpers believe the election is "in g-d's hand" and encourage voting anyway, isn't that facetious?  <--rhetorical question since religious beliefs aren't required to make rational sense

[surveygrabber]

Why are talking about politics here? This has nothing to do with FusionCash in general. You should take this to the off-topic forum. Not here in Fusion Cash.

[surveygrabber]

If you sayso. But i will take it witha grain of salt he has lied and changed his comments so much.

really??? did u get your facts straight??i think ur talking about ronmey...

Have you done research on the facts before you start accusing someone of lying what they say? First of, I'm not not going to discuss who is lying or who's right or wrong or to take sides on an argument between the two candidates. This does not relate to fusion cash. If you really want to discuss an argument between the obama or romney, you definitely want to discuss this at the off-topic forum.

[Cuppycake]

Thanks for all the information.  Pres. Obama is a good President and I hopes he gets reelected, but it is in God's hand and if that is his plan then he will.  GO VOTE!

Amazing. A barry supporter and a bible thumper. No wonder the world is soo bad off. 

Worse yet, if the thumpers believe the election is "in g-d's hand" and encourage voting anyway, isn't that facetious?  <--rhetorical question since religious beliefs aren't required to make rational sense

Hahaha!