Queuing for change

Let's start barracking Obama

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October 31st 2008
I'm sitting here in Streatham Hill, London, England, a few thousand miles from Yeehaw Junction, Florida, Cut and Shoot, Texas and even further from Truth and Consequences, New Mexico. I've come to realise that i've a bubbling sense of nervous anticipation, butterflies almost, about the upcoming US elections. Why? Well there's an African-American man within a hop, skip and a jump, not of an Oly ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more