Politics and pessimism

Aggregated from: Notes From Underground

So it looks as though Barack Obama is going to win the US Presidential election, and that the Democratic Party in the US will have a majority in the legislature as well. No doubt his supporters will be elated. For myself, I'm relieved, rather than happy. I'm relieved that the nightmare of a...

Good Morning, America

Aggregated from: My Right Word

I just came back from breakfast sumptuous with waffles & pancakes, at the King David Hotel having been invited by Ambassador James B. Cunningham to join him and 200 other people to watch the elections. My thoughts, in concise form, are these: 1. America may be entering not only a new period of...

A Blessing On Us All

Aggregated from: Living in Egypt

I woke this morning at 6 am wanting to turn on the BBC to see the results in the US elections, but almost afraid. My mobile phone beeped at me and I found a simple message from my daughter in New York. "Obama wins!" As I spoke to her on the phone we both were thrilled with the event. I listened to h...

A Sigh of Relief

Aggregated from: The Damanscene Blog

Dare we hope that the eight-year nightmare is over? ...

Aggregated from: 1Click2Cuba dot com blog

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama today as a smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either US presidential candidate. Cuba's former president said he delayed weighing in until the US Election Day so that "no one would have time to say I wrote something that cou...

Senator McCain

Aggregated from: Kiwi Blog

Later today I expect McCain to be beaten by Obama in the Presidential election. I thought it would be worthwhile to reflect on what may have been. If McCain had been elected, he would have been one of the most independent Presidents in history. His legislative history as a Senator speaks for itse...

The Ramones Do Not Support McCain and Palin

Aggregated from: Undercover

The Ramones corporation is distancing itself from Linda Cummings, the widow of Johnny Ramone, who has been supporting the McCain and Palin campaign. Linda uses the name Linda Ramone, although the name Ramone was fictitious. In a statement, Ramones productions President Mickey Leigh says that, ...