In some Asian-speaking lands (& pronounced "Balack Obama"), it was believed that this is how Americans addressed Barack Obama.
In part, the confusion stemmed from the similarity of the "L" and "R" sounds within their spoken languages and the fact that the skin-color-obsessed USA focused so much attention on their first "black" president.
"So his name is not Balack Obama (aka Black Obama). It's Barack Obama!"
-2008 PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT-
*Hillary Rodded Clinton
*Black Hussein Osama
*John Edwards the one vote wonder
John: Hey, who are you voting for?
Billy: I don't know, probably that dumbass who can't open a door, you?
John: No no no... your thinking of George W. Bush, he isn't running.
Billy: Well, he'd still be better than Black Osama.
John: You're being racist.
Billy: But I'm black too, that's not racism- it's common sense.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.