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Obamarama

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Image by heblo from Pixabay  ….which is what an Ottawa newscaster called the new President’s six hour visit to the Nation’s capital, one month after his inauguration.   Montreal , where I grew up, had its parties .  Ottawa , where I settled, had them too but for different reasons. When President Obama came to town, so did bus-loads of people along with corresponding bus-loads of policemen.   I have been known to purposefully join the festive crowds that occasionally inundate Ottawa over significant foreign visitors (which is why I’ve seen the Queen three times); but this February day was not to be one of those times.   I had other reasons to be downtown as my oldest daughter and I set out to obtain a visa for her from the South African High Commission, something that was proving to be difficult and required a couple of stops.   So, armed with the “Obama Visit Survival Guide,” which I had printed off the CBC website, we launched ourselves into the heart, but not the purpose, o