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2008-11-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

8,000 Beduins stake their claim as the lost tribe of Barack Obama

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Posted by tipper 2008-11-13 09:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 i bet they need a bailout too

Posted by chris 2008-11-13 10:34|| 2008-11-13 10:34|| Front Page Top

#2 8,000 cousins? Yeah, I've got barely 8,000 Thorn/Thorne 'cousins', and that's after almost FOUR CENTURIES of frontier-style f'huge families. Somebody's counting the sort of relation which bears more resemblance to 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' than to proper genealogy.

Reading closer, it sounds as if one of Obama's third or second twice removed cousins married into this Bedouin tribe back in the thirties. Which in and of itself sounds kind of dodgy. Isn't this what Arabic-style cousin marriage is designed to avoid?

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-11-13 12:31|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-11-13 12:31|| Front Page Top

#3 their all inbred who knows mitch

Posted by chris 2008-11-13 12:34|| 2008-11-13 12:34|| Front Page Top

#4 We knew hed win, the sheikh said, constantly interrupted by a barrage of phone calls from wellwishers and those hoping to cash in on his newfound wasta, an Arabic term denoting influence or clout. We have always been a lucky family

They'll have to get in line.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-13 12:53|| 2008-11-13 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Let us wish them much joy, and be supremely grateful we cannot claim the same.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-11-13 15:58|| 2008-11-13 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Yee-ouch, tw!

That's gonna leave a mark..:-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-11-13 16:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-11-13 16:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Does this mean we get to check his DNA?

Posted by KBK 2008-11-13 17:37|| 2008-11-13 17:37|| Front Page Top

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