barack obama
« Previous Entries“The Movement” in France
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The first of a string of committees formed in France to support Obama’s presidential bid has decided it will not disband after the election victory, but instead work for change at home.
Called “The Movement”, the 2,000-strong group in the eastern city of Lyon plans to set up a blog to track progress in getting [...]
Some European Leaders Voice Their Disapproval of Obama
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Jürgen Gansel, a party leader and an elected lawmaker in the German state of Saxony, blamed Obama’s victory on “the American alliance of Jews and Negroes.”
In Poland Artur Górski, a legislator from the Law and Justice party, called Obama “the black messiah of the new Left” and a “crypto-communist” who would undoubtedly prove a “disaster.” [...]
Will I be part of history or will the demand totally outnumber the supply of space.
Friday, November 14th, 2008I vote from abroad and am registered in the District of Columbia. So I contacted my Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and her assistant to get a ticket for the inauguration. Her assistant was kind enough to email me back to basically say it was going to be tight. Translation: the likelihood [...]
NY Times article: After U.S. Breakthough, Europe Looks in Mirro
Thursday, November 13th, 2008After U.S. Breakthrough, Europe Looks in Mirror
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: November 11, 2008
PARIS — In the general European euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, there is the beginning of self-reflection about Europe’s own troubles with racial integration. Many are asking if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama, and everyone knows [...]
Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Ray Kalmark on Swedish TV about President-elect Obama
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1957. The world watched as they braved constant intimidation and threats from those who opposed desegregation of the formerly all-white high school.
View what she had to [...]
730 newspaper front pages from 66 countries
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
The Newseum has a collection of front page images from 730 newspapers on 5 November 2008:
http://www.newseum.org/…rchive.asp
It is interesting to see how many made Obama’s victory a front page story.
It may be safe to assume that there would have been front page coverage of the election results in as many papers if the outcome would have [...]
Yes We Did! Watch President-elect Obama’s Victory Speech Again, and again…
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Messages I’ve received from friends/contacts around the world following the election of Barack Obama
Friday, November 7th, 2008Since Obama’s election to President of the United States I have recieved lots of messages from friends and contacts around the world.
Here’s a small sample:
Congratulations for a great victory Adrianne! america is turning a new exciting page in its history, well done Obama.
Niki
(Belgium)
looks good
i think he could be the best ever
Nigel
(Austria)
Simply amazing! …
Hélène
(from [...]
Thanks for joining my live election coverage!
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
From Stockholm, I would like to thank Kathrin in the US, Zhana in the UK, Daphne in Sweden for participating in the discussion and Ryan and Yobachi in the US for their comments while the votes came in to elect Barack Obama President of the United States.
In thanks I want to share with you one [...]
November 5th Etiquette
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008November 5th Etiquette
Good Morning My People -
After watching the final debate the other night, it dawned on me that Obama could actually win this thing. If that happens, there will be a lot of people (some of our co-workers included) who will be afraid that an Obama presidency will usher in the [...]