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rdgrnr — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:30:42 GMT

- Barack Obama

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sully16 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:17:04 GMT

Thanks Emily

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JAP69 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:30:35 GMT

Thanks emilyg

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MADDOG10 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:54:51 GMT

It's really pathetic when you can't even do for your friends...<br /><br />Thanks Em...

Original Blog Entry: Old Obama acquaintance

emilyg — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:06:16 GMT

Washington Post ^ | August 16, 2012 | Michael Leahy

CHICAGO He still walks the same streets here as his old acquaintance Barack Obama once did. That is about all they have in common anymore. At 50, Chicago activist Mark Allen lives with his parents, barely able to pay his bills. The head of a small, community-assistance organization called Black Wall Street Chicago, Allen regards his personal survival alone as a small victory, grateful he can pay the rent on his modest office space, aware he is doing better than many on this city's restive South Side. Things haven't gone the way we'd hoped after Barack got elected

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