The Name Game

You know, years ago some friends in Peru told me that at the height of Michael Jackson's fame, parents in Peru were naming their children "Michael Jackson Suárez," etc. I sure thought THAT was funny but tonight, reading the LA Times account of people everywhere from the US to Brazil to Romania naming their children BARACK and OBAMA, well, I'm not laughing anymore. In fact, I'm a little nauseous. All this hullabaloo over a man whose only claim to fame is becoming the first black president, or the first bi-racial president, however you choose to see it, and who has to date accomplished nothing except get elected. (I know, a mean feat in and of itself, but you know what I mean.) No Nobel Prize, no noteworthy legislation, no peace accords, no ceasefire, no deposing of a dictator, shoot, not even a gold record like the Gloved One. He hasn't even taken office yet! Instead, it's about the "against the odds" notion that Obama was elected. Yet people are losing their minds and naming their children after a man who frankly, has not proven himself worthy of such worldwide insanity. And I'd say this about an unproven Republican, too.

The grandmother of a baby named Obama, born in Romania on the day after Obama was elected said, "When I saw Obama on TV, my heart swelled with joy. I thought he was one of us Gypsies because of his skin color.”

Don't get me wrong, for the good of this country I would love nothing more than to see Obama prove my fears wrong and do all the right things. Who knows, maybe he will. But if not, and he turns out to be a stinker of a president, there could be some really sad gypsy children running around Romania burdened with the name Barack and Obama.

You can the rest of the insanity HERE.

Posted by Claudia4Libertad at December 15, 2008 08:10 PM

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Posted by: j2tharome at December 15, 2008 10:46 PM

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