Barack HUSSEIN Obama; there - I dared say it

This nonsense is getting ridiculous.

The United States of America has become much too hypersensitive as a nation, and much too obsessed with the concept of race when it is considered a racial slur simply to call a man by his given name.

According to Michelle Obama, the name "Hussein" is a "fear bomb". Republicans have already run for cover and pledged not to use it anymore.

For years, it's been considered perfectly acceptable to call George W. Bush "Dubya" after his middle name. Why should Obama get special treatment?

Obama's parents gave him the name in the first place; does this mean they are racists and fear-mongers as well? Well, no. Apparently, it's ok for some (presumably the enlightened) to use it. Time has it on the money:

So who gets to say Hussein? At the Oscars, host Jon Stewart took innuendo about as far as it can go, saying that Barack Hussein Obama running today is like a 1940's candidate named Gaydolph Titler. But that reference, served up to a crowd that presumably swoons for Obama, got laughs. So maybe the H-word is more like the N-word: you can say it, but only if you are an initiate. Blacks can use the N-word; Obama supporters can use the H-word.

We don't need a new "N word" in our society. Just let people use his name. If there's nothing wrong with it (and there isn't), then it shouldn't bother you. Simple.