by Clifford F. Thies

The first school named after President Barack H. Obama to close is the Barack H. Obama Elementary School of Asbury Park, New Jersey. The school, formerly known as Bangs Avenue school, was re-christianed, oops, re-named after President Obama. I suppose the idea was to replace the image created by an inner city school named "Bangs Avenue," with the proper, government school image that you can have self-esteem without having accomplished anything in your entire life.

Schools have been renamed after President Obama in 13 states of the United States as well as in his native country of Kenya. The city of Obama, Japan, was not named after him. Rather, he was re-named after the city. That is, the city was named centuries ago, and nobody is revealing what name is actually on the guy's birth certificate.