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Was it Twitter Wot Won it?
If the American Presidential election was decided by social media it would be a landslide: On Twitter, Obama has 21.5m followers; Romney has 1.6m. On Facebook, Obama has 31.6m likes; Romney has just...
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Election Night USA 2012
It’s midnight in the UK – and hopefully in next few minutes we might hear something on Virginia (VA). Holding breath time. An internal poll by GOP on Sunday had Romney down by five points. This may...
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Obama wins second term
. Stayed up till 5 am here in the UK, but once Iowa looked set for Obama not Romney it was clear he was going to win the electoral college. He has done so 303 to 206 with Florida still being counted;...
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American Debt Post Second World War
The chart comes from an article in the Atlantic: Where Did Our Debt Come From?. It shows under post war administrations the overall growth in national debt during their time in office (middle column)...
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Inauguration and pissed off Anti-Gay Christians
Louie Giglio, who was to be the inauguration pastor, has stepped down after a sermon he gave against homosexuality surfaced here. In his sermon he denounces homosexuality as a lifestyle, that it should...
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President Obama’s Inauguration Speech 2013
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is...
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Now time to deliver on the rhetoric Obama
The inauguration today reminded us why we embraced Obama this side of the pond, with rhetoric and conviction that enthralled when most politicians give speeches that dry paint. By contrast this was a...
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Can the progressive future claim the past?
President Obama used the imagery of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence to state that equality was a founding principle of the Republic, and that now is the time to fulfil that promise with regard...
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State of the Union 2013
Transcript in full of President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address as delivered. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. Please, everybody, have a seat. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress,...
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John F Kennedy And The Religious Test For Office
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Though in November, book publishers are already releasing new works on an already saturated market. Reading the linked...
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Election Night USA 2012
It’s midnight in the UK – and hopefully in next few minutes we might hear something on Virginia (VA). Holding breath time. An internal poll by GOP on Sunday had Romney down by five points. This may...
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Obama wins second term
. Stayed up till 5 am here in the UK, but once Iowa looked set for Obama not Romney it was clear he was going to win the electoral college. He has done so 303 to 206 with Florida still being counted;...
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American Debt Post Second World War
The chart comes from an article in the Atlantic: Where Did Our Debt Come From?. It shows under post war administrations the overall growth in national debt during their time in office (middle column)...
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Inauguration and pissed off Anti-Gay Christians
Louie Giglio, who was to be the inauguration pastor, has stepped down after a sermon he gave against homosexuality surfaced here. In his sermon he denounces homosexuality as a lifestyle, that it should...
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President Obama’s Inauguration Speech 2013
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is...
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Now time to deliver on the rhetoric Obama
The inauguration today reminded us why we embraced Obama this side of the pond, with rhetoric and conviction that enthralled when most politicians give speeches that dry paint. By contrast this was a...
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Can the progressive future claim the past?
President Obama used the imagery of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence to state that equality was a founding principle of the Republic, and that now is the time to fulfil that promise with regard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State of the Union 2013
Transcript in full of President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address as delivered. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. Please, everybody, have a seat. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress,...
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