Photo: Looking 'cool with a camel' in Wajir-- from Obama's 2006 trip to northeastern Kenya.

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is seen with a camel in the animal market of Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia in this Aug. 27. 2006, file photo. Obama's estranged late father was Kenyan and Obama visited the country in 2006, attracting thousands of well-wishers. (AP Photo)

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1. Just what are you trying to imply?

How dare you insinuate that Barack is a camel jockey!! Shame on you.

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2. Boo!

[K Gardner]

3. "Sand and Sorrow".. HBO Documentary on Darfur featuring Senator Barack Obama

This is an amazing and gripping documentary and I would encourage all to try to watch it. I had no idea prior to watching it of Obama's involvement and behind the scenes work on this tragic issue. Mainly because he doesn't "brag" about it. Its just who he is.
(didnt want to use up a post so I'm jumping in with the camel. It seemed to fit somehow)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has acquired "Sand and Sorrow," a documentary about the genocide in Darfur, and plans to air the film in December.

Narrated by George Clooney, the documentary chronicles the events that led to the rise of Darfur's Arab-dominated government, provides an inside look at the situation on the ground and examines the international community's "legacy of failure" to respond to such profound crimes against humanity.

"The tragic events taking place in Darfur unfortunately are a continuation of the lack of response from the international community in protecting millions of innocent lives from their own government," said the film's director, Paul Freedman.

"Sand" follows human rights activist John Prendergast, Harvard University professor Samantha Power and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof as they travel to mass graves inside Darfur and refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border, as well as to the U.S. Senate. It features interviews with Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback, Sudan scholars Alex de Waal and Gerard Prunier and rebel leader Minni Minawi.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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4. The AP caption of the "Drudge" photo of Obama being "dressed as a Somali elder"

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, is dressed as a Somali Elder by Sheikh Mahmed Hassan, left, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia in this file photo from Aug. 27, 2006. The garb was presented to Obama by elders in Wajir. Obama's estranged late father was Kenyan and Obama visited the country in 2006, attracting thousands of well-wishers.
(AP Photo)