inauguration
Open Obama Inauguration thread
By Mark Bahnisch on January 20, 2009
If you’re staying up to watch Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America, Crikey has a good guide to coverage and commentary on tv, live streaming, live blogging and twitter. Locally, Hoyden About Town is [...]
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Putting US politics in perspective
By Kim on January 11, 2009
A couple of items which provide some food for thought: Firstly – Barack Obama does represent change from the era of the Bush administration. He is the limited change that’s possible within the logic of the current system. <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/spectrum.jpg" [...]
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The Obama inauguration: some interesting links
By Mark Bahnisch on January 21, 2009
There’s probably literally millions of reactions to Barack Obama’s inauguration on the intertubes today, so I wanted to try to highlight some more specific articles and posts which raise some interesting issues which might otherwise get lost in the crowd. [...]
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