Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya

Obama Half-Brother Living in Kenyan Hut, Ashamed of Barack
JammieWearingFool — Apparently some of Barack Obama's relatives are lacking hope . Geez, Barry, maybe you and your wealthy wife could throw the guy a few bucks. At least a little change . Typical liberal. Willing to ravage our pockets, but won't even help out his own. How sad. The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of ...

Yawn: Somebody Found Obama's Lost Brother
The Jawa Report — August 20, 2008 Yawn: Somebody Found Obama's Lost Brother STOP THE PRESSES: He's living in a destitute shanty town in Kenya . Whoop-de-do. Interesting that an intrepid reporter managed to find this guy in the middle of nowhere in a shanty town in Africa, but the intrepid reporters with all of the resources in the world in the US and elsewhere ...

Kenyan relatives
Ben Smith's Blog — ... The British press has been turning up Obama half-siblings left and right for the last month or two -- whose lives range from successful to pretty dire -- and the Telegraph has the latest, from the latter category, in a report from Italian Vanity Fair: ...

A few political links
Maggie's Farm — ... McCain up by 5. Am I my brother's keeper? Obama's brother. Lefty campaign follies. Things you can't say about Obama. h/t, Vanderleun Punitive liberalism. Roger Kimball ...

"The least of my brothers"
QandO — When asked about his own failings at the Saddleback Church forum, Barack Obama somehow turned his answer into everyone else’s failings: “Americans’ greatest moral failure in my lifetime,” he said, “has been that we still don’t abide by that basic precept in Matthew that whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.”Hmmm ... meet the least of Obama’s brothers: The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the ...

My Brother’s Keeper
The Moderate Voice — ... Assuming the identity is valid (and there seems to be little thus far to indicate that it isn’t) then Vanity Fair in Italy has apparently located Barack Obama’s long lost (or not so lost) half brother, George. ...

Obama’s Lost Brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, Found in Kenyan Shanty Town
(Obsolete Feed) — Oh man, this could be better than Billy Carter: The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. “No-one knows who I am,” he told the magazine, before claiming: “I live here on less than a dollar a month.” ...

What I'm Reading, August 20, 2008
baldilocks — ... Another Obama sibling is found in the shanty on the outskirts of Nairobi. (Hey, you can’t pick your parents or your siblings, but was O’s father busy or what?) From the UK with Love: ...

For Less than a Dollar a Day, You, Too, Can Sponsor an Obama...
Confederate Yankee — For Less than a Dollar a Day, You, Too, Can Sponsor an Obama... Sad, sad news... one of Barack Obama's "lost" half-brothers has be discovered living in a hut in a shantytown on the fringes of Nairobi. We can't expect presidential candidate Barack Obama to support all the children his father sired around the world, but luckily, with the ...

Obama's Youngest Half-Brother Found Living in a Hut in Kenya
Political Punch — ... Obama's Youngest Half-Brother Found Living in a Hut in Kenya August 20, 2008 12:45 PM The Italian edition of Vanity Fair has found George Hussein Onyango Obama -- the youngest half-brother of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois -- living in poverty in a hut in Huruma, Kenya, just outside Nairobi."Huruma is a tough place, last January during the elections there was rioting and six people were hacked to death," George Obama told the magazine. "The police don't even arrest you they just shoot you. I have seen two of my friends killed. I have scars from defending myself with my fists. I ...

Obama's youngest brother found in Kenya
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... From The Telegraph: The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's ...

George Obama, ‘The least of my brothers’
La Shawn Barber's Corner — ... The Telegraph reports that George Obama, Barack Obama’s half-brother, subsists on less than a dollar a month in a hut in Nairobi, Kenya. He says he’s ashamed of his poverty and doesn’t tell people he’s related to America’s first black major party presumptive presidential nominee. ...

Shots from the Show 8/20
Tammy Bruce — ... Hey, maybe Barry Hussein is thinking if his brother George Hussein can live on $1 a month in a hut in a ramshackle town, so can the rest of us! ...

“I Live Here on Less Than a Dollar a Month.”
Say Anything — From the UK Telegraph: The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. “No-one knows who I am,” he told the magazine, before claiming: “I live here on less than a dollar a month.” ...

Obama’s Lost Brother Left to Live on $1 a MONTH!
Flopping Aces — ... on other people. Put aside for a moment that multiple studies have shown conservatives give more to charity to help the underprivileged than do liberals who look to government for help (see here and here). What Would Jesus Do? Lobby for More Govt. Welfare or Help a Brother Personally? Barack Obama’s ‘lost’ brother found in Kenya By Nick Pisa in Rome U.K. Telegraph 20 Aug 2008 George Hussein Onyango Obama, Senator Barack ...

Obama’s Lost Half Brother Lives in a Shanty Town in Kenya
PoliGazette — ... Senator Barack Obama’s half brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, has only met his brother twice in his life; when he was five years old and back in 2005, when Barack visited Kenya, the country where his father came from. ...

The fuss over Obama’s brother
Michelle Malkin — ... Much fun has been had with the story of Barack Obama’s “lost” brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, who lives in a hut in Kenya. [...] ...

Who Cares?
Chicago Boyz — “I have seen two of my friends killed. I have scars from defending myself with my fists. I am good with my fists.” Guess you have to be when you’re Obama’s half-brother. Meanwhile, Dick Cheney, Dark Lord of the Sith, gave 75% ($6,869,655US) of his 2006 income to charity. This contrast has long existed in the Left/Right divide. Leftist have created a moral system for themselves in which compassion and caring begin and ends with supporting certain political ideas. Otherwise, they ...

Barack Obama’s ‘Lost’ Brother Found In Kenya
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Senator Barack Obama’s long lost brother has been tracked down for the first time living in a shanty town in Kenya, reports claimed. By Nick Pisa - (Telegraph UK) The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. “No-one ...

Obama channels UN’s Egeland in sneering at American charity
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... notes, perhaps Obama can stop lecturing Americans about how to care for their figurative brothers and set an example by taking care of his own ...

Senator Obama's Family Values
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... In the past, though the presence of non-traditional family members has brought trouble on presidents and presidential candidates through their actions. Now we have an instance of the mere presence of a sibling causing problems. His name is George Hussein Onyango Obama. He was discovered, so to speak, by the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. ...

Another Obama half brother found
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... NEWS OF HIS REAL HALF BROTHER HERE. GLENN'S COMMENT: UPDATE: Speaking of selfishness, perhaps the millionaire Obama could do something for his long lost brother living in poverty in Kenya: "Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. 'No-one knows who I am,' he told the magazine, before claiming: 'I live here on less than a dollar a month.' . . . He has only met his ...

Links for 2008-08-20 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya - Telegraph The Campaign Spot on National Review Online Biden's War on High-Fructose Corn Syrup Department of Health Professions - Public Documents Board of Dentistry License Number: 0401005798 Name: ROY SHELBURNE Obama Played by Chicago Rules - WSJ.com In real life, it did not matter what Mr. Obama said on the stump or whether South Side voters were impressed. What mattered was that, beginning on Jan. 2, 1996, his campaigners began challenging ...

He Is The One
small dead animals — August 21, 2008 He Is The One He's been waiting for. The Illinois senator mentions his brother in his autobiography, describing him in just one passing paragraph as a "beautiful boy with a rounded head". Posted by Kate at August 21, 2008 12:24 AM Comments Post a comment Before submitting, review the post to ensure your comment is on topic and does not contain words that might get caught in the spam filter (eg: insurance, viagra, online, poker). This is not a forum or a repository for off-topic link dumps. Profanity is discouraged. Take your extended debates and/or flamewars to ...

links for 2008-08-21
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Barack Obama's brother found living in a shantytown in Nairobi, Kenya
Doug Ross @ Journal — The London Telegraph reports that Barack Obama's 'lost' brother was found living in a shantytown in Kenya . George Hussein Onyango Obama, the senator's long lost brother, was tracked down by Italy's Vanity Fair magazine. George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi... [he is] 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. ...

George Hussein Onyango Obama
blonde sagacity — ... Of their second meeting, George Obama said: "It was very brief, we spoke for just a few minutes. It was like meeting a complete stranger." (source) ...

Obama's Brother Rots in Tiny Shack
Moonbattery — Maybe before Obama attempts to cure world poverty by transferring wealth confiscated from American taxpayers to socialist dictators on the other side of the world with his Global Poverty Act, he should see to his own brother, by transferring a little of his own considerable wealth. The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's ...

All in the Presidential Family
The Caucus — ... “I’m angry. It makes me feel like a non-person, kind of.” Barack Obama had his own sibling problems this week, when a 26-year-old man, George Hussein Onyango Obama , shown standing dejectedly in front of a shack in Nairobi, told the Italian-language Vanity Fair that he is Mr. Obama’s half brother. “I live like a recluse,” George Obama says in the article. “No one knows I exist.” Then there is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother, ...

John McCain, too rich to be President.
Althouse — ... How many houses does he have? "It's seven. Worth thirteen million dollars." You don't want a President who's managed to become rich, do you? So pick Obama, who lives in a hut. No, wait, that's Barack's brother George. Obama lives in... that Chicago house that cost... ...

On Character
Chicago Boyz — ... I find the story of Obama’s brother troubling because it could indicate that he doesn’t actually care about people but only supports redistributionist policies out of a desire for political power. The story suggest that Obama will not sacrifice his own welfare for the welfare of others. That in turn suggest that when poised with a choice between his own political fortunes and the good of the country or the ideals of his supporters, he will chose the former. (Indeed, his tack to the center on FISA may already indicate this.) ...

Obama’s Lost Brother, Will We Get the Same Treatment?
Stop The ACLU — ... has a “lost” brother. He actually isn’t lost. He lives in a hut in Nairobi and has been quoted denying kinship with Barack when asked about having the same last name. He denies kinship because he is embarrassed by his penury. It sounds to me as if Baracks brother has a little more class than his brother. And he is trying to better his lot in life; For ten years George Obama lived rough. However he now hopes to try to sort his life out by starting a course at a local technical college. Not to mention he seems to have a grasp on what it means to be a man. Now I am not saying ...

Obama Nation; Obama World
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Hussein Onyango Obama and other relatives. Barack and George have the same father but different mothers. Geneology.com records that Barack’s parents divorced in 1962 and his mother remarried in 1967. Barack Obama’s father died in 1982, 6 months after George was born, leaving 3 wives, 6 sons, and 1 daughter. George Obama’s story was recently chronicled in the Italian edition of Vanity Fair (via ABC News) as well as in the UK Telegraph here and here. The Telegraph reports that George Obama is living in a shanty owned by ...

Messing With Brotherzoid
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... . A British newspaper tracked down one of Barack Obama’s half brothers, who it contended was living in awful, destitute squalor. CNN ...

Barack Obama's half-brother lives on $1/mo. in a Kenyan slum
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... "The medical professionals who have come to me are accusing the university of dumping patients on its neighboring institutions," Toni Preckwinkle, alderman for the 4th Ward, told the paper. ... Does anyone think if Mr. McCain had a sibling living in a trailer park making minimum wage (892 times more than Mr. Obama's half brother's yearly income) that the mainstream media and the Obama campaign wouldn't notice? Yup. Read the whole thing . And all that jazz. Photos : Telegraph and NPR . Labels: Democrats , Obama

Obama's Greek Temple: The Day After
Perfunction — ... After tonight's confetti is swept away at Invesco Field, the O-cropolis comes down. And not a moment too soon for Barack's hut-dwelling Kenyan half-brother George: ...

Just Wondering
The Blog Formerly Known As Dean's World — ... Why is it we get massive national coverage of VP candidate Sarah’s Palin’s daughter Bristol — including three NYT page one articles in one day – while the fact Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s half-brother lives on a dollar a day in a Third World war-zone hellhole, despite the Obama family’s millions, goes pretty much unnoticed outside of British papers? ...

Obama on Olbermann was much worse than I'd originally thought.
Althouse — ... 's the O'Reilly interview, the one I think is much better. (Don't miss the low blow: "I don't care if I live in a hut." Obama acts like he doesn't hear it or doesn't get it.) ...

‘It’s the Qualifications, Stupid!’
Pajamas Media — ... camera and proclaimed to some 40 million viewers, “I am my brother’s keeper.” Here is a man whose income last year exceeded $4 million and whose passion is to lecture the rest of us about compassion and helping the poor while his half-brother George Hussein Anyango Obama lives in a dilapidated hut in a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi on less than twelve dollars a year, receiving no help from brother Barack. That’s hard to justify, which presumably is why the mainstream media doesn’t bother to discuss it . Consider judgment: When it was politically popular to support calling ...

So, two weeks out. . .
Silent Running — ... On the bright side, if they win, we won’t be spending the next four years talking about a blow job or a semen stained dress. Update: - Oh, and btw, yeah, the first one isn’t nearly so generous with his family . So, at least whatever he’s got in mind for the rest of us probably won’t keep him up nights.

Obama Will Spread Your Wealth Around, But Not His
Stop The ACLU — ... Meet Obama’s brother George Hussein Onyango Obama. He lives in a in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.“No-one knows who I am,” he told the magazine, before claiming: “I live here on less than a dollar a month.” According to Italy’s Vanity Fair his two metre by three metre shack is decorated with football posters of the Italian football giants AC Milan and ...

Compassion: Is it Just for Government?
Slublog — "It's that fundamental belief — I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper — that makes this country work." - Barack Obama, July 27, 2004 Good thing he's not his aunt's keeper. Or his half-brother's.

Have You Saved an Obama Today?
Confederate Yankee — Have You Saved an Obama Today? First there was half-brother George Obama, living in shame in a Kenyan shanty town on $12 a year , and you were able to help. Today, Barack Obama's long lost aunt has been found living in poverty somewhere far worse than the slums of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Yes, Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango is living in public housing in ...

The Least of These
Ace of Spades HQ — ... . Or his half-brother's . What's interesting about Obama's answer is that the term "brother's keeper" comes from the book of Genesis, and its use is actually defensive. Cain had just whacked his brother and when asked about it, his answer was "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" Cain was being snarky in an attempt to deflect attention away from the fact that he had just stashed his brother's body. It's not a biblical injunction to take positive action. ...

Barack Obama Criticizes Americans As Moral Failures While His Aunt Lives In Low-Rent Housing
Say Anything — ... And then, of course, there’s Obama’s half brother who lives in a shack in Kenya. ...

Election Stuff
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... . Which also reminds us that his half brother is living in a shanty in Kenya. Obama talks a good game of all of us taking care of each other, but obviously he feels it should only be through the government. ...

Relative Poverty
baldilocks — Before today, I’ve never posted anything about Barack Obama’s half-brother, George Onyango Obama, a resident of one of Nairobi's worst slums . The reason: unlike many, I don’t think that it is automatically the senator’s responsibility to support those whom he has taken no part in creating. And even if it is discovered that there was some agreement between the two brothers, it would be one made between individual adult members of a family and, therefore, none of my business. In contrast, I took on the responsibility of supporting ...

Why Won’t Obama “Redistribute” His Own Wealth…To His Needy Family?
GayPatriot — First we found out that Barack’s half-brother is living in squalor in Kenya. Now we learn that Barack’s aunt and uncle are living in deplorable conditions in Boston. Shouldn’t Barack practice what he preaches.. and redistribute some of he and Michelle’s wealth to his needy family? Or is Michelle still paying off those damn student loans she whines about all the time? [RELATED: ConfederateYankee proposes we should all "Adopt an Obama"] -Bruce (GayPatriot) ...

More on Obama’s Selflessness
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Another point about Obama’s Amazing Selflessness. Obama’s brother lives in Kenya on less than a dollar a month. Obama’s ...

Patriots vs. parasites. Period.
five feet of fury. (i got yer backlash right here.) — ... – and they got there at earlier ages than we do today, and suffered more, and somehow accomplished more, too. (Of course, in those days, poor people were truly poor – and thin, unlike today’s “poor”, who rival the robber barons of yesterday in terms of sheer girth.) Obama promises to “help” all these people, even though he hasn’t been much help to his illegal alien aunt living in Boston public housing, or his brother who lives in a Kenyan hut. With all his personal wealth, ...