I am not an American, nor am I of African descent (am I allowed to say "not black"?), but nevertheless, I must admit to shedding a few tears during Barack Obama"s acceptance speech. The campaign had been so exciting, so filled with hope,...
Topics: african american politicians, Barack Obama, black politics, camelot, democrat donkey, donkey

{"title":"The New Camelot?","post_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/new-camelot.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"liamalexander","date":"2008-11-14 22:15:00","summary":"I am not an American, nor am I of African descent (am I allowed to say \"not black\"?), but nevertheless, I must admit to shedding a few tears during Barack Obama\"s acceptance speech. The campaign had been so exciting, so filled with hope,..."}

"I do not come to the leadership of the Liberal Party from a lifetime of privilege. I know what it is like to be very short of money..." "I know what it is like to live in rented flats. For a time daddy and I had to rent a dingy penthouse..
Topics: Australian Government, Australian politics, Liberal leadership, Liberal party, Malcolm Turnbull, privilege, silvertail, wealth

{"title":"Poor Malcolm's deprived childhood","post_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/poor-malcolms-deprived-childhood.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"liamalexander","date":"2008-10-04 18:06:00","summary":"\"I do not come to the leadership of the Liberal Party from a lifetime of privilege. I know what it is like to be very short of money...\" \"I know what it is like to live in rented flats. For a time daddy and I had to rent a dingy penthouse.."}

Several commentators have stated that Sarah Palin won the vice presidential debate simply because she exceeded expectations. While Palin may not have committed anything like the excruciating gaffes she made in the interview with CBS's Katie Couric,..
Topics: Joe Biden, Katie Couric interview, sarah palin, the debate, US election

{"title":"Who won the debate?","post_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/who-won-debate.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"liamalexander","date":"2008-10-03 17:15:00","summary":"Several commentators have stated that Sarah Palin won the vice presidential debate simply because she exceeded expectations. While Palin may not have committed anything like the excruciating gaffes she made in the interview with CBS's Katie Couric,.."}

Biotek has very kindly nominated me for this award; thanks! I also nominate: iWalk bikram Learn2Flash Jenny BioTeck msms sakhs ArtMusing Political Disgust
Topics: award, Meme

{"title":"Butterfly Award","post_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/butterfly-award.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"liamalexander","date":"2008-10-03 16:59:00","summary":"Biotek has very kindly nominated me for this award; thanks! I also nominate: iWalk bikram Learn2Flash Jenny BioTeck msms sakhs ArtMusing Political Disgust"}

Can any parallels be drawn between the Australian elections of 2007, (the Kevin’07 campaign) and the current U.S. presidential elections? There are some similarities and some obvious differences. For a start, America is a super power and its political..
Topics: barackobama.com, johnmccain.com, online campaign, presidential campaign, US presidential campaign

{"title":"Kevin'07: Obama'08?","post_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/kevin07-obama09.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/limealexander.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"liamalexander","date":"2008-09-20 18:04:00","summary":"Can any parallels be drawn between the Australian elections of 2007, (the Kevin\u201907 campaign) and the current U.S. presidential elections? There are some similarities and some obvious differences. For a start, America is a super power and its political.."}