Obama's family in Kenya already planning White House trip.

[Rebel Yell]

Reports say that the Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Barrack Obama's family members are already planning on Obama winning the highest office in the nation.  Obama's Kenyan cousin, Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, says he is looking forward to visiting his cousin in the White House.  "It has always been a dream of mine to visit the United States, but I never thought I would one day visit my cousin in the White House." 

True to his family's form, Mahmoud is already planning for the future in the WHite House by packing up the family belongings and heading for America.  "Look out America, here we come!!!!!!!" exclaims Mahmoud, on the road to the airport.


























Mahmoud, and family coming to see their cousin, Barrack Obama, hopefully at his new residence, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.



Please let this stay in breaking news for a little while before moving to comedy central, for effect.[/color] :

[jinxmchue]

Augh!  Change the font color!

[thundley4]

I had to highlight it to be able to read it. 

[Rebel Yell]

When I previewed the post, the background was black.  So I went with the lightest color on there.  Fixed now, though. :innocent:

[WinOne4TheGipper]

If the Obama family is planning a big shindig at the White House, shouldn't they have to ask for President McCain's (blech!) permission first?

[Airwolf]

If I was them I wouldn't go looking up www.Expedia.com just yet.

[Rebel Yell]

Y'all do know that's a joke, right?  I thought someone would catch the Mahmoud Abdul Rauf reference.  Rauf was a basketball player who used to go by Chris Jackson at LSU.  The fine print at the bottom says it can be moved to comedy central after a while.  I just got the picture in an Email with the caption OBAMAS' FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A VISIT.  I just elaboraqted and put in Breaking News.  A joke is always best when no one knows the punchline is coming.

[PatriotGame]

Group picture before getting on the bus headed for the airport:



Damn! Does this make me racist?

[Airwolf]

Y'all do know that's a joke, right?  I thought someone would catch the Mahmoud Abdul Rauf reference.  Rauf was a basketball player who used to go by Chris Jackson at LSU.  The fine print at the bottom says it can be moved to comedy central after a while.  I just got the picture in an Email with the caption OBAMAS' FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A VISIT.  I just elaboraqted and put in Breaking News.  A joke is always best when no one knows the punchline is coming.

I might have understood it better had I knew who Abdul Rauf was. I have very little sports knowledge when it comes to anything outside of Nebraska and their Football team and even then that isn't saying much.

[Rebel Yell]

Y'all do know that's a joke, right?  I thought someone would catch the Mahmoud Abdul Rauf reference.  Rauf was a basketball player who used to go by Chris Jackson at LSU.  The fine print at the bottom says it can be moved to comedy central after a while.  I just got the picture in an Email with the caption OBAMAS' FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A VISIT.  I just elaboraqted and put in Breaking News.  A joke is always best when no one knows the punchline is coming.

I might have understood it better had I knew who Abdul Rauf was. I have very little sports knowledge when it comes to anything outside of Nebraska and their Football team and even then that isn't saying much.

He was a good, but mostly obscure player until......

Abdul-Rauf is perhaps best known for the controversy created when he refused to stand for "the Star-Spangled Banner" before games[1], stating that the flag was a "symbol of oppression" and that the United States had a long "history of tyranny". He said that standing to the national anthem would therefore conflict with his Islamic beliefs. On March 12, 1996 the NBA suspended Abdul-Rauf for his refusal to stand, but the suspension lasted only one game. Two days later, the league was able to work out a compromise with him, whereby he would stand during the playing of the national anthem but could close his eyes and look downward. He usually silently recited a Muslim prayer during this time.

In an apparent publicity stunt gone wrong linked to this controversy, four employees of Denver's KBPI were charged with misdemeanor offenses related to entering a Colorado mosque and playing "the Star-Spangled Banner" on a bugle and trumpet, in a provocative response to Abdul-Rauf's refusal to stand for the national anthem.[2]

Several years later, Abdul-Rauf was involved in another controversy that most likely closed the book on his NBA career. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Abdul-Rauf was interviewed by Bryant Gumbel and said that he believed that Al-Qaeda was not behind them, then cited a fraudulent Hezbollah claim that 4,000 Jewish-Americans had been told not to show up to the Twin Towers for work on that day. After this, any NBA interest in signing Abdul-Rauf to a contract for the 2001-02 season vanished, whether from his previous team (the Memphis Grizzlies) or anywhere else.