Barack Obama spent most of of his childhood in Hawaii. Looking at photos of his youth, it couldn’t be any more obvious to reasonable people that the right-wing media reports that he is a “rag head who won’t salute the flag” are flat wrong.

Young Barack at the beach on O’ahu with his grandfather

Class picture at school in Honolulu

On the basketball team at Punahou High School in Honolulu

Barack receiving his high school diploma from Punahou High School