There are many reasons why I would like to see Barack Obama win the US presidential election this year, but this one really stands out: who would have thought that Obama follows the Irons?
Entries Tagged as 'USA'
Young, Gifted and Black
August 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Politics
Reading the G2 article today about how much race is an issue in the US elections I found myself coming to a surprising conclusion.
House of Fun
August 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Politics
Politicians are supposed to say stupid things. It is almost inevitable when you think about it: we all say the odd stupid thing, but we don’t have reporters following us around to record them. Even so, after nearly a week, I still can’t believe what John McCain said.
Unfathomable
July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Thats putting it mildly. The story of the murder of a pregnant woman called Kia Johnson in America plumbed new depths. It still has to go to court so mentally insert “allegedly” wherever possible here but the way it is being presented is that an obviously disturbed woman with a history of baby-snatching offences befriended […]
Presidential Hopefuls
January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
I may be desperately bored by the whole US election circus, but that didn’t stop me having a thought or two today.
US Election photo-finish
November 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on US Election photo-finish · Politics
I am always amazed by how close American elections are, given the sheer size of the electorate. The last couple of presidential elections have been close enough to hinge on one or two polling districts out of the whole country to decide the electoral college votes. Even taking the overall totals the two parties are […]
American and British politicians
November 8th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
With all the focus on US elections at the moment I was having a look at the political structures of the US on Wikipedia earlier and although I don’t understand their set-up over there any more than I did I now know a lot more about it, if that makes any sense, and it made […]
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Vote for him!
October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Vote for him! · Politics
On the basis that anyone who wants to be a politician should automatically be disqualified, this bloke in America deserves to be elected by a landslide. He is actively campaigning for the electorate to vote for his opponent and has been phoning his friends to tell them not to vote for him, but still got […]
The Oregon Vortex
October 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Thanks to a passing reference in Robert Rankin‘s new book, The Toyminator, what I learned today is about the existence of a place called The Orgeon Vortex. It is a place where the normal laws of physics do not apply, according to the publicity. Sadly, some of the mystery is taken out of it through […]
Its gun control – but not as we know it
August 15th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Over in Dallas, Texas there is a crime problem. Apparently it is the most dangerous city in the US with murders at a level four times as high as the average for the US. But the council has a cunning plan: as the article says “alarmed by rising gun crime in Dallas… …councillors have advanced […]
