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Sat, 24 January 2009 9:16 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject: Launching Of The 44 The "Double Four"
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Barack Obama takes the Oath of Office
as the 44th president of the United States from U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (R) as his wife
Michelle holds the Bible during the inauguration ceremony in Washington, January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES)
Tue Jan 20, 12:54 PM ET |
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U.S. President Barack Obama dances with U.S. Army Sgt.
Margaret H. Herrera (L) while first lady Michelle Obama dances with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Elidio Guillen (R) atop
a replica of the presidential seal at the Commander-In-Chief Ball in Washington January 20, 2009. Obama took power
as the first black U.S. president on Tuesday and quickly turned the page on the Bush years, urging Americans to rally
to end the worst economic crisis in generations and repair the U.S. image abroad.
REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)
Tue Jan 20, 10:27 PM ET
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People gather for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th
President of the United States of America on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Obama proclaimed Americans had chosen
"hope over fear" in the face of a diving economy and wars abroad, as a jubilant two million strong crowd watched him make
history by becoming America's first black president Tuesday.
(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)
Tue Jan 20, 10:35 PM ET
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U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle (L),
Vice President Joseph Biden (2nd R) and his wife Jill (R) are escorted by Major General Richard Rowe (C) as
they descend the steps of the U.S Capitol Building after Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the
United States during the 56th Presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington, January 20, 2009. Obama
became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States.
(Tannen Maury/Pool/Reuters)
Tue Jan 20, 10:44 PM ET
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President Barack Obama waves to supporters
lining Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade after he was sworn in as the 44th President in
Washington January 20, 2009.
(Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
Tue Jan 20, 10:29 PM ET |
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President Barack Obama walks down Pennsylvania
Avenue with his wife Michelle Obama on their way to the White House in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Tue Jan 20, 7:34 PM ET
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the
inaugural luncheon after he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in Washington,
January 20, 2009. Obama became the first African-American president in U.S. history.
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)
Tue Jan 20, 3:34 PM ET |
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A folder for President Barack Obama left by former
president George W. Bush sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House January 20. Obama
claimed his place in history as America's first black president and told his nation to dust itself off and brave the
"icy currents" and "storms" of its multiple crises.
(AFP/White House/Eric Draper)
Tue Jan 20, 10:35 PM ET
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On the day of president Obama's inauguration at 20 January 2009,
there was the feeling of a climate of party surrounding me. At night in Jakarta time, or it was in the morning
in Washington, I happened to drive the car, just to enter it to the garage, and such feeling of inauguration
party was getting stronger, probably because I was driving the black American SUV, a Chevrolet Blazer,
a little bit rather similar to the black American presidential SUV.
Some of it probably caused by the fact of
president Obama’s lot of "four":
He was born on 4 August 1961. Elected for the Senate position in November 2004,
and sworn in for Senate on 4 January 2005. And now he is the 44th president of the United States.
My name is Firman whereas in Dutch or German "fir"
has the meaning of "four", and his father’s name similar to my father’s name Husein, while
his step father’s name Soetoro was like "continuing"
the Toro Rosso team success recently.
And the recent fact I just realized a few days ago is that his 44th
U.S. president position can be interpreted as "double four", and it is like reminding me of my recent
New Year’s resolution From Single Four To Double Four,
from my bachelor single status to a married man. Yet so far I still have no idea who will really accept me
to get married, probably because of my limited condition.
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Date:
Mon, 26 January 2009 10:16 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject: Second Time With "The Donkey"
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the oath of
office to President Barack Obama a second time in the Map Room of the White House January 21, 2009 in
Washington, DC. Today was the president's first full day in office.
(Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
Wed Jan 21, 10:42 PM ET
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President Obama’s inauguration also reminds me
that this is the second time of the Democratic Party’s U.S. President that seems to have
a connection with me, after previously former president Bill Clinton won the election in 1992
after my work at the American Express in 1989 with the boss Mr. William G. Mould who
used to say "just call me Bill".
Since this is the second time, of course the temptation
is also getting stronger to wish of getting a favor for my own political interest, "this is the
second time Man, it could not be just a coincidence…….". But of course I have to stick
with my consent to move out of this world to the heaven above in the eternity for the good of
human being. Beside the fact that I also realize becoming a good politician is not an easy thing
for me to do.
Another important thing is that since Democratic Party
has the mascot of a donkey, and there had been the words of the prophet that says "the Dajjal
is also known as riding a huge donkey which distance between it ears is one mile", so I should
be careful not to "ride" the "donkey" for my own political interest to prevent
myself from becoming the Dajjal that will only appear approaching the doomsday.
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