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Thursday, November 6

Photos: People's President

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Jesse Jackson
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Obama supporters in New York

New York City: Skateboarder Sam Carrera reacts in Times Square after Barack Obama is announced president-elect

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Obama supporters in Harlem
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Obama supporters in Alabama
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Obama supporters in Paris

Paris, France: French supporters celebrate in the city hall of the third district of Paris as Barack Obama is declared the winner of the US presidential election

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Obama supporters in Chicago
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Oprah Winfrey celebrates
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Obama supporters in Harlem
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Obama's family in Kenya

Kogelo village, Kenya: Kenyan family members of president-elect Barack Obama celebrate after his victory in the US election was announced. The village is where Obama's step-grandmother lives

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Obama supporter in Virginia
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Obama supporters in Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama: Barack Obama supporters celebrate his win in the presidential election. Birmingham, with Selma and Montgomery, were touchstones in the civil rights movement where Dr Martin Luther King Jr led massive protests which eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Obama supporters in Ohio
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Christine King Farris
tlanta, Georgia: Christine King Farris, sister of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, is embraced by Rushie Jones
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Obama supporters in New York
New York City:
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Obama supporters in Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland:
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Obama supporter in Harlem
Harlem, New York:
US election night victory celebrations around the globe

Thursday, October 30

Double Standards

What do you call…


What do you call it when someone gives money to a government official in return for favors?
– Bribery.
What do you call it when a large corporation gives money to a government official in return for favors?
– A campaign contribution.

What do you call a serial killer who claims that God told him to do it?
– A psychopath.
What do you call a serial killer who claims that God told him to invade Iraq?
– George W. Bush.

What do you call it when innocent people are killed by those resisting a brutal occupation?
– Terrorism.
What do you call it when innocent people are killed by an occupying army?
– Collateral damage

What do you call the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe where there were serious irregularities?
– A flawed election.
What do you call the 2000 presidential election in the US where there were serious irregularities?
– A victory for democracy.
What do you call it when just over 3 thousand people were killed in the September 11 attack on the US?
– An atrocity.
What do you call it when nearly 5 million people were killed in the Vietnam war?
– A mistake.

What do you call it when very rich people exploit poor people?
– Greed and selfishness.
What do you call it when very rich countries exploit poor countries?
– Globalization.

What do you call it when someone carrying a gun enters your house and steals your valuable possessions?
– An armed robbery.
What do you call it when a multinational corporation supported by armed forces enters your country and steals your valuable possessions?
– Free trade.

What do you call someone who steals from the rich and gives to the poor?
– Robin Hood.
What do you call someone who steals from the poor and gives to the rich?
– The US government.

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