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why should a man claim a child when he didn't publicly declare the mother his bride.
I was shocked to know that other Nigerian tribes didn't do same.
He was just a sperm donor.
The child bears the mothers last name
He has no claim to the pikin unless he marries the mother.
That's Igbo custom and I love it
If he wants to be a man.let him do what men do
otherwise na mama's pikin be that
most men deny these pregnancies anyway
so tradition is just helping them

olabowale:
@**Osisi: « #103 on: Yesterday at 11:03:59 PM » 
Obama does not think that his father, Late Dr. Hussaine Obama is a low life. This is your own statement. As usual, you may be wrong. Reason; he wrote a book in memory of his father. Another reason, he kept his name, while other people can change theirs. At least he is not a bitter person.

And about his daughters; they are not named Ester and Dorothy either. Even though I love the names Virginia and Lynda, Sasha and Malia/Mahalia are not Christian names. And if a man or a woman is divorced, is it a sin or societal crime to be remarried? You see why I think that the whole doctrine is whacked?

And you did not comment about my effort on the Igbo language? I am surprised.

And what are Christian names?
Abraham?
Jesus?
Martha?
they are just names of people in the Bible
Christians understand that you don't need to have a biblical name to be a Christian
when you become a Christian,you need not change your name from Olabowale to Melchizedek

Of course he didn't call his father a low life
The power of forgiveness by a well balanced Christian man
How many people would have an absent,runaway,dead beat father and have anything good to say about it
Thank God he left
see what he (Obama) became without him

I thought chachangi was no more
even the name sef dey scary
like cha cha cha!!
Igbo slang for "try your luck"
Nigerian aviation like everything else,playing ludo aka chandum with people's lives

JosBoy4Lif:
But losing you engine should not happen in mid air co ya ne?
The root problem is that we in Nigeria do not have any regards for safety, I guess its our own form of population control. What is the life expectancy back home anyways?

Only God knows

pres-elect:
haha, useless father . . . igbakwara wicked . . . .
obama agbagharala ya, i guola akwukwo ya . . dreams from my father?

at some point he got some inspiration from his father during the one month he stayed with him

hey yaaaaaaaaa!
a whole 30 days?
what a noble father figure

pres-elect:
well that may be the "secret" training God was giving him for his moment_ this moment

Thank God the useless father had no hand in his training .
All things work together for good.

*Hauwa*:
osisi no go kill me with laugh o. lol you funny ashewonatu, ashenatu lol
really a long way to catch up. yet someone is saying here (i laugh) that we should not compare. we should please.

even cold sef no dey nigeria and na dabaru everything for be if it were nigeria. see how large the crowd was yet they did everything with manner. to buy gas for nigeria you go fight tire for queue and carry blood go your house

ROFL.
when a woman sees her fellow woman is already in the house and she packs her bag to join them,if I no call am olodonatu and  ashewonatu,wetin be her name?

pres-elect:
babyosisi i think we know very little about his father to be so judgemental. and more importantly we never heard his own side of the story. who knows what he was passing through. we've heard from obama but we've not heard from his father. it's abit harsh to call him low life. obama who was personally hurt by his absence never used that term for him.

we are talking about a forienger who was divorced by his wife (we dont know the details of their quarrel), probably his visa expired. . . who knows why he kept so away.

Well the man is now RIP

At least we know he had wives in Kenya before deceiving this innocent girl from Kansas to be his wife.
He had a green card
He could have visited the boy anytime but he chose to see his son only once after he left
what kind of man is that.
are there no telephones and post offices in Kenya?
Useless father,he was.
Obama reached out to them.
That shows the character in the man
He went there as a college student and sought out his roots
Children are not supposed to look for their father.

KarmaMod:
To be honest, it's the gown she wears at the Inaugural Ball that will be set in history so she had better not mess up tonight.

she's never messed up
I'm sure she'll deliver as usual
If Jill likes ,let her wear green white green Iro and buba
who cares?

ibkaye:
lmao

seriously.
enough already ,let the man go and rest
haba!

KarmaMod:
Lmao9 osisi, Jill wasnt shivering from cold, she's shivering from the aftermath of the koboko that Joe gave her last night for her foolish blunder on Oprah

I didn't watch TV yesterday,I heard it on the Radio and I was like
whaaat!!!!!!!!!!!
Herself and her Joey have diarrhea of the mouth

abeg they should end this thing let Barack go indoors
I don't want him to catch a cold jo

abeg karma,the weather was cold and she had to stand outside for hours.
That is not a time to wear slim fit.
You need as much padded clothing as you can.
size 6,size 14,the woman looked magnificient!


didn't you see jill Biden shivering down Pennsylvania Avenue ?

Michelle looked fine
every commentator said so and I wholeheartedly agree

The firs lady looked as gracious as always
What a classy woman!

KarmaMod:
Olodo so you are crying cos omoge didnt use "some". some ko. plenty ni.

abeg go and sleep. eleran

Imagine if it were the governor of Bauchi
which hajiya will he be holding hand in hand since they are uncountable
Aishatu, Ashewosatu or Olodonatu
maybe the babynatu abi virginatu(yaraduas daughter) with her feeding bottle in hand
we have a long way to catch up with civilization.

And you did not address the matter about his name. You this woman, na wayo wayo too much.

I didn't know that the serpent is wise. And the harmless doves are always the first on the menu of the raptors. Sorry raptures. lol.

Sisi, Zainab was a true Christian and Allah the Almighty turned her around for the better. I see the same happening with Barackallah Hussaine Obama.

Obigeli; Kekedi? lol. I am learning. I just started because I know that is a good way to her heart, gon gon gon gon. lol. **Osisi, am loving it. Its a wonderful life.

What choice did my man have about the name his low life,runaway,polygamist,absentee father gave him?
The fact that he refused to follow the bad example the man set for him is good enough including not accepting his religion.
Barack is his name, Hussein is his middle name,he didn't name himself did he?
Neither did he name his daughters Aisha and Zainab

jamace:
I t is her fault and a good lesson for her. Why should she leave men and hang unto females for sexual satisfaction. Please, any one with this woman's contact should help me ask her whether she enjoyed the men thing more than the women's . The men must have done it deliberately to normalise her sexual life. I stand to be corrected.

The Lord rebuke !
You sound like a rapist

This is sad.
This is criminal.
I hope those 4 men are punished to the full extent of the law when apprehended.

bgees:
toilet paper wont clean u well enough. water has a greater effect.

i was actually very surprised when i discovered that washing the anus with water is done only by muslims.

Tufiakwa!!!!!!!!!
Please remind me to keep away from kuli kuli

fellis:
@earthmama\deepzone\pepperspray\hotfunmi\redhotchic,
sometime I wonder how u do it. You're almost always on NL. . . . . \. Do u work? Just curious.

you forgot osunamazon,hot.funmi
The girl is a pharmacist.
not everyone works 20 hour shifts

4 Play:
Toshman still dey postpone wedding? Just do am for McDonalds restaurant.

Or KFC
a fried thigh in one hand,a breast in the other

toshmann:
osisi recession made us postpone the wedding for the 20th time. it will be in July IIth in newark new jersey. some church in there. reception will be at marriot. . . . . . unless we postpone it again

make una hurry before the girl come carry belle

As usual,hiding under the cloak of religion to strip women and children of their God given  rights of free speech
Useless part of a sorry nation.
Enough reason for these women to come to the saving grace of Christ and dump their korans and hijabs in a pit latrine

God created him on a Sunday
Asa mpete nwoke oma

Toshmann we'll soon deport you back to Wales
meanwhile una don do the wedding?

OBAMA: My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

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For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

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This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence — the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

"Let it be told to the future world , that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet (it)."

America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

I hope Yaradua and all the African leaders read that one

Wonderful wonderful speech!
May the Lord Jehovah,bless America!!!!!!!!!!

Amen!

*Hauwa*:
abeg this guy dey spoil fun for person now i won't mind you. let me go order my PIZZA jare. dinner is at Red Lobster. celebrating with a couple of friends and classmates.

ma dear make sure you have a small American flag with you