A Political Glimpse from IrelandA Political Glimpse from IrelandA look at global and American Issues and how they impact every single person around the world. These issues will be examined by myself who has lived in a few countries in my short life and gained a global perspective that I believe is unique in this
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Obama From Promise To Power
2008-05-07 12:57:00 Given the overall victory of Senator Obama last night, I thought now would be the time to do my little rain dance here in Ireland. Well, not so much rain but sun dance since we get too much rain. I know Senator Obama did not win Indiana but he beat the polls in a state ... More About: Power , Promise
City By The Sea
2008-05-07 01:08:00 Well I have decided to take a break from politics for tonight with this picture that has been sitting on my computer for quite some time. I saw this great picture on paleofuture.com and downloaded it for further examination. In case I have never mentioned it, I am a big science fiction geek for lack ... More About: Environmental , City
Hillary = George = John
2008-05-06 13:59:00 Yes, from last nights Daily Show with the comedic Jon Stewart… Hillary is now also the Third term of President Bush (skip to the last 30 seconds for this special moment): addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticsacrossthepond.org%2 F2008%2F05%2F06%2Fhillary-george-john.htm l'; addthis_title = 'Hillary+%3D+George +%3D+John '; addthis_pub = '';
Rush Limbaugh Is Afraid Again
2008-05-05 23:54:00 The unfortunate circumstance of me living in Ireland is that while I was living in Massachusetts, I had the benefit of the American edition of CNN however in international waters; the only all American channel we get here is the “Unbiased” Fox News. While I had Fox news on today (there was nothing else to ... More About: Rush , Rush Limbaugh , Limbaugh
Meet The Press Observations
2008-05-05 01:26:00 Meet The Press aired at 10pm GMT on CNBC here in Ireland and I found the discussion to be quite concise compared to ABC’s previous debate. To my best estimations, they spent 5 min out of the 45 min of total discussion talking about Rev. Wright which is not too bad given the circumstances of ... More About: Observations , Meet , The Press , Meet The Press
The Ron Paul Effect
2008-05-04 14:18:00 Well I saw this story on Digg last night but I could not get the video to show up because the blog in question was using a relatively new video search engine called Redlasso. This morning was another story because as I was doing my daily blog walk around the internet lanes, the folks over at Liberty ... More About: Technology , Ron Paul , Paul , Effect , Slashdot
The Flipped Coin
2008-05-04 01:04:00 With all this talk about Senator Obama and his lack of appeal to Catholics, working class white people, and older people… There is absolutely no talk about how Senator Clinton has consistently failed to win educated white people, black people, young people and the non-catholic segment. African-American people are the second-largest minority in the United ... More About: Coin
The Global Election Effect
2008-05-03 00:21:00 This past week I was contacted by Andy Orin from Link TV to write about a new project that he manages and maintains called “Dear American Voter”. The essence of the site is that it allows people from around the world to post videos about their issues and concerns for the upcoming American election. Some Americans ... More About: World Politics , Global , Election , Effect , American Politics
The Missing African Link
2008-04-28 00:35:00 Thanks to the folks at Wikileaks, I have come across an interesting document which is the shipping order for the weapons from Poly Technologies Inc. in China to the Ministry of Defense in Zimbabwe . Now, Zimbabwe has been in the news quite often in Europe because it used to be a British colony back however ... More About: South Africa , World Politics , War , Link
Hillary and Barack have a Discussion
2008-04-26 16:27:00 I was looking for a quick solution to make some political comics since I am not much of an artist and came across quickcomic.com which was not only super fast but quite smooth in terms of the interface. Within a few minutes, I had my first political comic. Thanks Quick Comic Dudes. Hoping to make this ... More About: Barack , Hillary , Discussion
Yea Sea of Ratings
2008-04-26 01:22:00 I was doing my usual end of the night browse through Digg when I came across the Huffington Post article about the Mainstream Media jumping ship and throwing their collective weight behind Senator Clinton. Even my favorite channel (CNN) which I had already suspected was slightly pro-Clinton is now even more so touting her “new ... More About: Ratings , American Politics
MAD
2008-04-24 12:00:00 I am not sure if this is the correct definition of the acronym but I remember playing Red Alert 1 by Westwood Studios when it came out way back when and the Soviets having a tank called the “MAD” Tank. This tank would go into the enemy base and basically commit suicide while everything else ...
Obama to enslave White America
2008-04-24 00:44:00 This video particulary goes out to some people on the right who might believe that Obama is some sort of closet racist. Beyond being incredibly funny this shows a side of the Senator that we don’t often get to see, a man who is real, down to earth and fundamentally a good person. Senator Obama ... More About: America , White
Living outside the USA
2008-04-22 16:37:00 For some people from Mass. that I know, it is hard for them to understand why I support Senator Obama. There are so many different explanations I could give but the one that hit me this morning as I woke up is the issue of race. Growing up in South Africa , I was constantly surrounded ... More About: Politics , Living , Culture , Race
The Politics Of PA
2008-04-22 00:33:00 Well Its night time over here in Ireland and I am just about to go to bed but I thought I would make an effort to try to convince the few people that might stumble over this blog to vote for Senator Obama in the Pennsylvania primary tomorrow. I started this blog in part because ... More About: Politics
What She Says and What She Thinks
2008-04-21 01:05:00 The time is drawing close for Clinton supporters to realize that their candidate has no chance of winning the nomination. She will win Pennsylvania, of that I am sure but I don’t believe she will win by any significant margin as some people might suggest. In honor of Google’s new quote function, I have decided to extract ...
A Face of Tibet
2008-04-14 01:21:00 I have been sitting on this article for a while in part because I was busy with other things and I also wanted to make sure that the photo that I am about to publish on this blog is as legitimate as I can determine. If you are reading this second line, I would like to ... More About: Tibet , Face
The Irony of the Torch
2008-04-10 16:34:00 The whole furor with regards to the Olympic Torch is quite interesting because I was watching the “Daily Show” on Comedy Central the other day when John Stewart mentioned that the Torch relay ceremony started in Germany during 1936. I was literally shocked at that statement (yes you historically aware people can laugh) because I ... More About: Irony
The Politics of Tolerance and Understanding
2008-04-05 18:30:00 I was on YouTube the other day when I stumbled across this video made by Queen Rania of Jordan which was created recently as a dialogue for her to address people’s stereotypes of the Middle East. The first time I really heard of Queen Rania was when I watched the CNN Global Summit which aired ... More About: Politics , Tolerance , Understanding
My Hat Is Off To Senator Clinton
2008-04-03 12:51:00 Finally Senator Clinton has turned her attention to the more pressing need of the Democratic Party, which is to attack Senator McCain. She has released a new “3am” advert, which you will find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XpaK-cGO9 U This is a very interesting advertisement because if you consider that her poll numbers are declining in PA, she could have run an advertisement attacking ...
The Strategy of Hillary Not Dropping Out
2008-04-02 13:58:00 I was quite surprised these past two weeks with the insistent calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out and her adamant refusal to not drop out. Since the Bosnia incident, she has come under increasing fire from the media online and offline to let the democratic party move forward since the latest Gallup poll is showing ... More About: Strategy
The Irish Take on the American Elections
2008-04-01 16:25:00 Having lived in Ireland for almost a year now and have watched with fascination the growing interest of the whole world in the American Election. The News Networks from Europe to the Middle East cannot get enough of the election and it is one of those ever-present segments that are on RTÉ every day (Main Irish Network). I thought it ... More About: Elections , American Politics
The Truth of Clinton
2008-03-26 13:05:00 I know politics is a dirty business and I accept that, however after yesterday it seems to have found a new low with what Senator Clinton has said to deflect attention away from her “Sniper Fire” story. Soon after the story broke on the news and every network around the world was discussing it, even ... More About: Truth , The Truth
A New Direction for Taiwan? or Not?
2008-03-25 00:58:00 Well by the time I accomplished anything on Saturday, the Taiwan ese election was over and the wrong candidate won in my opinion because he advocated closer ties with the mainland. Especially with current events in Tibet, I would have though that the typical Taiwanese voter would have made the logical choice and voted for Frank Hsieh who ... More About: World Politics , Independence , Direction
The Obama Frenzy
2008-03-22 21:10:00 Who would have guessed this turn in the elections? I remember a few months ago when the democratic nomination was just heating up that people thought the competition would make for a better candidate however it is amazing how quickly these pundits have changed their minds. Every time I turn on the television, I see ... More About: Obama , Frenzy
Contrasting Protests
2008-03-17 21:44:00 I came across these video’s on Youtube but I wanted to point out the difference between the Chinese government handling a protest and the American government handling a protest. All credit goes to the people at Digg for finding this great video and of course to the relevant uploader. Video 1: LAPD at March 15 Anonymous ... More About: Protests
What I Want In A President
2008-03-09 20:22:00 Well I have been a little lazy this past weekend because I am only starting to write my weekly entry on Sunday night when it should have been written on Friday night. I came up with this idea while I was watching CNN as usual and it occurred to me that many people want different ... More About: President , American Politics
Massaging Supporters
2008-03-06 00:46:00 Well the big day has come and passed with Hillary Clinton narrowly edging out Senator Obama in 3 out of the 4 States. I won’t go into delegate numbers because you can easily find that information at sites like dailykos.com. Additionally I will not talk about what Senator Obama needs to do next because that ... More About: Supporters
Changing Tides
2008-03-04 17:02:00 Ever since I woke up this morning here in Ireland I have had this feeling that Hillary Clinton was going to win both Texas and Ohio. I sincerely hope this is not the case because I believe the better candidate should win which is not Senator Clinton. My past few entries have endeavored to debunk ... More About: Changing
Global Political Podcast Episode 4
More articles from this author:2008-03-03 23:43:00 Well this podcast should have happened on the weekend but since I have just recovered from the flu I have decided to post this today. The 4th Pod cast covers the U.N Iran Resolution, Russian Election, President of Iran visiting Iraq, Somalia Terrorist Strike and the U.S Election. Episode 4 [7:02m] My Podcast Alley feed! ... More About: Political , Global 1, 2 |
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