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November 9, 2008

Green Dreams: Environment Bloggers Weigh in on Historic Election

Posted by Juliana Rotich · 8:27 pm · China · France · Netherlands · South Africa

For envrionment bloggers around the world, hopes are high for the Obama Administration. After Obama's victory in the Presidential election last week, however, can he maintain the high expectations people have for him and his policies? This group of environment bloggers have begun ranking proposals and issues they hope Team Obama will begin tackling. 0 comments · read »

November 8, 2008

Obama's Victory: A Boost for Global Health?

Posted by Juhie Bhatia · 7:40 pm · Ethiopia · India · South Africa

As U.S. President-elect Barack Obama prepares for his four years in the White House, many are discussing how his term will impact health issues, globally and in the U.S., and if he will deliver on his campaign promises. As part of their campaign, Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden said that ... 0 comments · read »

November 5, 2008

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Day of mourning: God's judgement ensues

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

It is a day of mourning. 4 November 2008, the day that Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America. Here in South Africa, it was at about 06:30 (5 November), that I heard the news. It was truly bad news. At the time of this post, Obama had 51% and McCain 48% of the popular vo...

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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...

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Obama or McCain; South Africa Will Sell Ivory

Aggregated from: Baraza

Tomorrow, the entire world waits for history to be made. For the first time in its 200+ years of independence, the United States of America could have an African American as president. It will be historical indeed as for the first time ever, a person of colour - a minority - will lead the most power...

November 4, 2008

African Bloggers Offer Solidarity to Obama

Posted by Ari Herzog · 9:01 pm · Canada · Egypt · Ethiopia · Morocco · Rwanda · South Africa

As Americans line up to vote-in their 44th President, African bloggers write in solidarity and offer near unanimous support for an Obama Administration. So what are people saying? Ari Herzog brings us the scoop from Africa and around the globe. 4 comments · read »

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Is Obama the anti-christ?

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

The questions has been asked, "Is Barack Hussein Obama the anti-christ?" Famed Catholic-Canadian author, Michael O'Brien, says "not a chance!" But, he does not say that for the reasons you might suppose!"From my own reading of Obama's declarations and stated positions, I knew he was an ultra-libera...

November 2, 2008

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Clergy will be blamed if Obama wins

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue feels that if Obama wins Tuesday's elections, then the fault can be laid squarely at the feet of clergy of the American church: "Think of the German Church During the Holocaust "Adolph Hitler declared just after he was voted into power: "The parsons will ...

October 31, 2008

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Obama stories you shouldn't miss

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

Dan Phillips has a series of posts about the coming U.S. elections, especially concerning Obama, that just shouldn't be missed! They can be found here, here, here and here! ...

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The Truth about Obama

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

I think it is imperative for every sane thinking person to read the Human Events paper, The Truth about Barack Obama: What Every Citizen Needs to Know. Of course, the Obamaniacs will probably throw a hissy fit because of this paper. Be that as it may, this paper must be spread far and wide across t...