Barbados, U.S.A.: Ordinary Joes?
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Barbadian bloggers Doan Mind Me and Living in Barbados share a few observations about the final US Presidential debate. ...
go to article »October 19, 2008
October 14, 2008
Rally Round the Bull Flag. Are We All Comrades Now?
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The weekend was amazing for producing one of those rare occasions when nations put aside many political differences and somehow manage to collaborate, or at least appear to do that. Crisis or the belief that there is one tends to lead to extraordinary human acts. When people realized that the stock ...
go to article »October 10, 2008
Barbados, U.S.A.: Being Presidential
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Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid weighs in on the “town hall-style” US Presidential debate: “Obama has shown himself to be presidential material just by his cool manner…I'm speaking about his grace under fire, what seventeenth century Caribbean buccaneers referred to as be...
go to article »October 9, 2008
Barbados, U.S.A.: Sorry, I Misspoke
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Living in Barbados has a chuckle at the incorrect grammar being used in the media in recent weeks. ...
go to article »October 7, 2008
Caribbean: From the Debate to a Circus?
There's a popular saying that when America sneezes, the Caribbean catches the cold. Regional bloggers, like bloggers the world over, understand that the outcome of the upcoming US Presidential election will have an impact on their future - so a few of them have been carefully monitoring developments and voicing their opinions - and no event has elicited as much outcry as the Vice Presidential Debate.
Say it ain't so, Joe. The lady is a fence turtle.
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Sarah Palin's name can lead to a lot of word play. One word that sounds the same is "paling", which means the sticks (pales) to make a picket fence. Another meaning is to lose colour and we can go down an obvious racial line that suggests a certain outcome if Governor Palin is opposing Senator Obama...
go to article »October 2, 2008
Barbados, U.S.A.: Moderating the Debate
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“I said to myself, ‘That sounds like a Bajan name!”: Keltruth Corp discovers that the moderator of tonight's US Vice-Presidential debate has Barbadian roots, while Barbados Underground notes: “There are some who are trying to muddy the pristine reputation of Gwen Ifill, ...
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Micheal Palin was funny on “Monty Python”, but what about Sarah Palin?
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My female friend said "I hate it that people will cut Sarah Palin slack because she is a woman." So, I will not take off the gloves but I am going to try to say a few blunt things. What I have heard Ms. Palin say in public tells me that she has no idea what she is talking about. Her recent interview...
go to article »September 30, 2008
I don't like Mondays.
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I had such a wonderful weekend.Beginning on Friday night, I let my emotions sway with the US presidential debate, seeing a seasoned Senator smirk and condescend towards his younger, much newer, and more naturally warm opponent. I felt good at the end of Friday night, and the night ended very late af...
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Yes, Mr. President.
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We can observe the same events, and listen to the same dialogue, read the transcripts, and come away with very different views about what took place and what it all might mean. I watched on television last night the first debate between the US presidential candidates and I had several immediate and ...
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