Tim on November 5th, 2008

I think today hope was restored in many around the world when Barack was elected. Not simply because he was black, although if you read his acceptance speech the significance of a black man ascending to the White House did not escape him:
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for [...]

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Tim on November 4th, 2008

Somehow you elected Dubya into the White house not once but twice. Now people like Barack Obama don’t come around every decade, so do the right thing this time… please?
John McCain is just more of the same, more of the same – your run of the mill politician. But the real reason he’s going to [...]

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Tim on April 23rd, 2008

I think it’s amazing how US politicians are able to make fun of themselves (in a good way).
The Colbert Report was held in the University of Pennsylvania last week during the Democrat primary (For all the whiners about advertorials, it was titled “The Colbert Report: Doritos Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage From Chili-Delphia – The [...]

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Tim on March 25th, 2008

Any other politician would have taken the easy way out. Denounce all ties, slam the media, find some other way to put the opponent down. Maybe redefine the meaning of the word is.
That was what I thought Obama would do when a series of video snippets surfaced on Youtube of his pastor of 20 [...]

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