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Obama-land where beggars dress like royalty

By SOPHIA BARAKA

Everyone in Obama-land is smart and plump or slim and healthy. With only a few exceptions here and there, like a tick stuck behind the ears of a sickly cow, it is hard to tell the difference between the rich and the poor on the streets.

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