Obama's Half Brother???

I agree with you. We make our own destiny and if he is ashamed he would get his butt up and work. I am sure Obama has helped him till he is blue in the face. I am sure the guy has been helped to much. So what Obama has a poor half brother, I bet he lots of poor relatives, I do and I have some very rich. Do I whine that they have more money than I do? NO! I say good for them. The race car driver by the last name of Vickers is a distant cousin do I complain he is richer than I am? Let him complain he problably is the type of person that thinks the world owes him a lot. My mom thinks her daughters owe her things. She thinks that her daughters should be taking care of her and buying her everything she wants because she had us. She is such a mean witch we do not owe her a thing.

I get your point. First off it appears if there is a relation, this guy lives in another country and has met him 2 times in his life. And even if that weren't the case who says that he owes him anything? What kills me is that, we as the viewing public hold politicians, celebraties etc. to a certain standard? Why? They are no different than you or I, except there job title is different and we have the opportunity to scrutinize and judge there every move. How many of us have members of our family that are far less fortunate than we are? I'm sure all of us, if we dig deep enough! But are we writing a check for every poor somebody that comes along and claims relations? I think not! From a financial standpoint, I am probally far better off than 98% of my family. And if I decided to write a check for everyone that had a hand out or everyone of my family members that thought I owed them something because of their birth right, where would I be? What would I have? My financial status is what it is because I worked my a$$ off in school to obtain an education, I worked my a$$ off to work my way through corporate america, and to finally open my own company. And I don't think that I owe anybody anything because they are part of my family. For those that I choose to help or assist, I do. But not because I have to or because I am supposed to. Most of them have not, because they haven't made the necessary steps to obtain financial success, because most of them are of the opinion that the world owes them something. And to be perfectly honest with you, it is only a poor person's mentality that thinks in this manner. Those of us that have achieved financial success know that you don't get rich by giving it away and normally your story of rag's to riches is full of preparation, determination, and hardwork. I say if you want a better life, make a better life.

It does not sound like they ever had anything to do with each other. They will say anything to make opinions change. It is sad.

That was like Bill Clinton having the hillbilly type brother. It does not really reflect on the candidate. You are right, as an adult, he is responsible for himself.

It's the same senerio for many...some work their butts off and some like to glide through life picking up bits and pieces so they don't have to extend themselves any more then what they have to....I agree. I am not saying I am for or against Obama....but he is not responsible for his brother. His half brother is responsible for himself.

Hi Rozie37! I do agree with you that almost all of us have gone through rough times and almost all of us have really struggled to better ourselves. I really don't know the real story behind his youngest brother and how he was not been assisted or whatever. However,we can't blame other people for what we have become or what we only have now. We always are the ones who decides for ourselves in the end, no matter what situations we are put in. We, ourselves are the ones who says No, yes and Enough and maybe we can partly blame "others" if these "others" did everything to put hurdles and intentionally make us struggle all the time. I just hope that with his plan of going to a technical school, he will find a new direction in his life and make a better one for himself. I wish him luck and success. Take care always..God Bless!

Perhaps it doesn't bother you, but it does me. It bothers me that by not mentioning this part of his family, he's lying by omission. It bothers me that he points fingers at others, but has never mentioned whether or not he's helped his own family. Are we responsible for our relatives? Perhaps not. But you're ready to dismiss this man without knowing anything about him. It bothers me that most of everything we know about Obama is what is in his book...until people go out and make discoveries like this one. Our mainstream media has seen Obama as some kind of savior, so instead of doing research of this nature, they're treating him as if he is something he's not.