Geesh, getting a little crazy with the "name crap after this guy while it's hot " aren't we? You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

/I wonder how many happy people out there have a "George Bush" titled thing

Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?

/golf clap

King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?

Doesn't mean he'll make an especially great president. He's no Dr King...

Barakku: Doesn't mean he'll make an especially great president. He's no Dr King...

Doesn't take away from it being a historical situation, though. First black president is historical, no matter what happens from here.

Barakku: King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?

Doesn't mean he'll make an especially great president. He's no Dr King...

Wait.

Florida tag get renamed too?

Yeah, you guys will cheer until you find out the street is to be called "Black Guy Rd."

predominantly heavily African-American community

Idunno, you might need another qualifier there. How about "mostly predominantly heavily African-American".

You know who else liked to have stuff named after him...

dahmers love zombie: Barakku: King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?

Doesn't mean he'll make an especially great president. He's no Dr King...

Wait.

Boom...head shot?

Barakku: /I wonder how many happy people out there have a "George Bush" titled thing

Meh, been done:

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco voters have turned down the chance to rename a local sewage plant after President Bush.

Voters rejected Proposition R, a lighthearted attempt to memorialize the outgoing president at the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant.

The measure's supporters say calling it the George W. Bush Sewage Plant would have been a fitting tribute to the 43rd president.

Some critics had pointed out the name switch would have been unfair-to the hard-working sewage plant.

pyrolaw: /golf clap

+1

I lol'd.

Now *that* is a funny use of the 'change' joke. Kudos. I'm guessing subby voted for him, every time the honorable opposition tries to use it as a joke it comes out as 'huurrrrrrrr'.

There's an elementary school in Tampa that's being renamed, too.

And the guy hasn't even socialized the country yet. I can't wait to see what gets renamed after 2013.

I don't want Obama's presidency to be a horrible travesty... But if it is, won't people feel silly re-naming their children, streets, schools, etc.?

Doooom:
Doesn't take away from it being a historical situation, though. First black president is historical, no matter what happens from here.

FTFY

Doooom: Barakku: Doesn't mean he'll make an especially great president. He's no Dr King...

Doesn't take away from it being a historical situation, though. First black president is historical, no matter what happens from here.

Let him show what he can do then. If he's the next Reagan, FDR, Lincoln, he can have every 1st Avenue in America renamed for all I care. But I think "premature" is saying a bit here.

King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?

I dunno... I prefer to measure a man on the content of his character rather than the color of his skin.

/I've had that dream

And you wonder why his supporters are mocked and belittled for acting like he's a messiah?

Change you can believe in by putting Washington insiders in to positions of power.

Better yet: We should identify everything that has been named after Reagan in the last couple decades and change the name to Obama since he's the one who basically put the final nail in the Reagan Revolution. Although to be more accurate, we should probably name it all after Palin instead since she represents the last gasp of the modern conservative movement that Reagan unleashed on the world.

I'd prefer to measure this man on the content of my wallet.

Having lived in Miami, I can tell you Opa-Locka is not predominantly African American.

It's predominantly CARIBBEAN American.

/Pet peeve

Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?


Funny, I thought that the American electorate chose him.

This isn't an issue of one talented individual overcoming the odds and, say, winning an athletic event or spelling bee or even Plinko on The Price Is Right.

If there's a person to be celebrated, it's the average American voter for driving a nail in the coffin of racial nonsense that runs from the KKK to Al Sharpton.

Barack Obama? He might be a great President. But he didn't have any magic fairy dust that suddenly eroded racism in this country. He's a politician, and as far as I'm concerned he's as untrustworthy as the rest of them -- Democrat and Republican -- until he proves otherwise.

FTFA--"Opa-locka is a predominantly heavily African-American community north of downtown Miami."

Who'da thunk it?

Yesterday it was a school.
Today a street.


/why isn't BHO, like MLK?
Hussein mysteriously absent from these namings....

thenateman: I don't want Obama's presidency to be a horrible travesty

I do.

Relax. J/k

randomjsa: And you wonder why his supporters are mocked and belittled for acting like he's a messiah?.

No wonder at all. Hypocrisy has always been the rights strongest talent. (new window)

vabeard: Yesterday it was a school.
Today a street.


/why isn't BHO, like MLK?
Hussein mysteriously absent from these namings....

ZOMG! Proof that he's a secret muslim!

...seriously? You're still on that?

Barakku
You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

This...

ctobio
King Something: You mean like being the first black guy to win a presidential election?
I dunno... I prefer to measure a man on the content of his character rather than the color of his skin.

...and this.

/voted for Obama

LowbrowDeluxe: randomjsa: And you wonder why his supporters are mocked and belittled for acting like he's a messiah?.

No wonder at all. Hypocrisy has always been the rights strongest talent. (new window)

With all due respect, how many of those were named before he even took office? I voted for Obama and hope he lives up to even half the hype, but naming schools and streets after him already seems a bit much.

King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy mixed race guy to win a presidential election?

Fixed.

BuckeyeDEJ: And the guy hasn't even socialized the country yet. I can't wait to see what gets renamed after 2013.

That'd be the Comrade Obama Memorial Wall, formerly the "Capitalist Execution Site", where people who used the term "socialized the country" were lined up and shot in 2010.

John Buck 41: King Something: Barakku: You could at least wait till he's done something...anything?

You mean like being the first black guy mixed race guy to win a presidential election?

Fixed.

Has to be 100% to be the "first black guy to win", but only needs to be 1/64th to be sent to the back of the bus?

John Buck 41: Fixed.

He's a black guy. Black guys think he's a black guy. White guys think he's a black guy. Yes, technically he's half black and half white, but when you see him you think "black guy", whether you think that's good, bad or utterly insignificant.

In a few years we will be able to spot unsavory neighborhoods by looking for streets and schools named 'Obama', just as we currently look to avoid 'MLK Blvd". Don't run out of gas there after dark if you value your life and/or any valuables you might have on your person.

CtrlAltDelete: Yeah, you guys will cheer until you find out the street is to be called "Black Guy Rd."

(standing ovation)

skwerl: Don't run out of gas there after dark if you value your life and/or any valuables you might have on your person.

And don't forget to hide all your white women and your pointy hoods?

Watch how people will street signs named Obama. Though you probably can't get away with stealing Obama signs in Japan. The customs will get suspicious when they inspect your bags which includes Japanese prono.

fatassbastard: John Buck 41: Fixed.

He's a black guy. Black guys think he's a black guy. White guys think he's a black guy. Yes, technically he's half black and half white, but when you see him you think "black guy", whether you think that's good, bad or utterly insignificant.

He has work to do already. Islamic clans are already calling him a "house negro" and a sell out to teh jooz for supporting anything whitey does.

BuckeyeDEJ: the guy hasn't even socialized the country yet


meh, Paulson already popped that cherry...

This just in to the Five O'clock News...

There has been yet another drive-by shooting on Obama Street, the third this week .So far this month there have been twelve cases of road rage on Obama Street, eighteen drive by shootings,sixteen carjackings, and a suprising thirty-two hit and runs .Pedestrians are warned to use an alternate route as Obama Street is clearly unsafe.This has some in local government wondering if this is due to its rather infamous name,and we should go back to the old name of Blood Alley.....

After Pete Rose Way, and another problem with a disgraced congresscritter, Cincinnati City Council passed a law (Which the rest of the county, and possibly the state adheres to by now) which says that no building, landmark, or street may be named after a person still living.

Fool us once3 times, shame on us.. etc.

//We have put Obama on a huge pedestal. That's dangerous. Lets just let the man be who he is and hopefully help our country.

fanbladesaresharp:
Let him show what he can do then. If he's the next Reagan, FDR, Lincoln, he can have every 1st Avenue in America renamed for all I care. But I think "premature" is saying a bit here.

Only in the USA is Reagan not considered a farking criminal and shiat president. I find Fark odd, since so many people who post regularly on this site say they like Hunter Thompson, too. I guess they never read his books or heard him interviewed. Reagan as an ideal leader...The Republicans own a cognitive dissonance raygun or something.

/end threadjack

every high crime infested street will be named Obama

fatassbastard: John Buck 41: Fixed.

He's a black guy. Black guys think he's a black guy. White guys think he's a black guy. Yes, technically he's half black and half white, but when you see him you think "black guy", whether you think that's good, bad or utterly insignificant.

I have 2 biracial stepsons. Yeah, they 'look' black, but in terms of historical significance, which is what I was responding to, that is exactly what Obama is. Spin it any way you want to, but he's not black.

RadicaLElly: Having lived in Miami, I can tell you Opa-Locka is not predominantly African American.

It's predominantly CARIBBEAN American.

/Pet peeve

Thank you! That always drives me nuts too - having worked with lots (well, like five) of black Americans from the islands. And this whole story just reminds me of the Chris Rock bit about Rosa Parks and MLK roads.

Shadow Blasko: After Pete Rose Way, and another problem with a disgraced congresscritter, Cincinnati City Council passed a law (Which the rest of the county, and possibly the state adheres to by now) which says that no building, landmark, or street may be named after a person still living.

Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame after he dies so it's quite ironic in the end.

Ridiculous. Seriously ridiculous. People with legacies get stuff named after them. People who haven't even served in the office they're supposed to eventually have a legacy for don't get things named after them. Do they not realize how silly this is? Even if they truly believe he's giong to save the world, he hasn't done it yet.

I wonder how many of these places are likely to be renamed if he messes up royally.

/voted for Obama, but he's still just a man. Not your Messiah.

We need an Obama tag. period. then afterwords we can protest if he actually does anything or not