England for Obama

Obama School address is NOT propaganda nor is it ‘unprecedented’

mkjones — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:07:53 +0000

I know this site is in a dormant state but I feel I must comment on the recent controversy around President Obama’s planned school address being swung around by right-wing nut jobs.

This is NOT the first time this has happened and it is NOT a propaganda method dreamt up to try and brainwash the young folk of America.

Check this video from The Daily KOS for proof:

Signed, sealed, delivered, he’s yours

Andrea — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:26:34 +0000

I’m sitting here at Gate D32 in Washington Dulles International Airport, about to board my flight back to London.

It has been, quite metaphorically, a trip. I feel so utterly privileged to be healthy and wealthy (and wise ) enough to have been able to make it. I truly fell in love with DC on this visit, and can’t recommend it highly enough as a destination. Even when there isn’t the inauguration of America’s first African-American President going on.

This will be my last post – sob! – for England For Obama. As MK and I agree, the main purpose of this blog was to try to help build momentum for Barack Obama, in order to get him elected. So now that that’s happened… *Drums fingers*.

I only started blogging for this site in August last year, and can’t thank MK enough for setting it up and giving me a medium to combine two passions (writing and interest in BHO. Not knitting and Strictly Come Dancing, or anything).

MK will be writing a post to round all this off, but in the meantime, from me: thank you so much for reading, commenting and/or lurking, and I hope you’ve enjoyed all that we’ve written, or at least found it informative.

In the meantime, I instruct you all to:

- Read the Huffington Post

- Watch The Daily Show

- Watch The Colbert Report

- Watch Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow online on MSNBC

- And keep the faith for the next four years. While also holding the Obama administration accountable.

I’ll leave you with one of my favourite photos from Washington. From the Richard Avedon exhibition I went to today, my final day in DC:

Thank you all for reading the blog. It’s been a blast.

I’ll see you in four years’ time…

New Macbook desktop image

Andrea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:25:24 +0000

Yesterday, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. *Sighs*:

Best quote since winning

Andrea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:21:03 +0000

Obama to the Republicans: “I won”. Ha!

The source photo of Shepard Fairey’s HOPE poster

Andrea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:17:36 +0000

…has been found.

Here’s the original poster in the National Portrait Gallery, btw. I went to see it on Thursday:

Don’t you just love how it’s in ‘New Arrivals’?

Lie back and think of America

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:14:31 +0000

Best. Souvenirs. Ever.

But seriously: how could you ever use these and not completely ruin the mood?

The new President is a bobblehead

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:01:37 +0000

I’ve uploaded photos from my wanderings around Washington yesterday – which took in, among other things, Blair House, the White House, the Declaration of Independence, a Banksy, the original Shepard Fairey and Ben’s Chili Bowl* – here.

*Yes, I sat – albeit for 10 seconds – on the seat that Barack sat on. It’s the new ‘Meg Ryan’s seat at Katz’s Deli’.

**Update** More photos from today – of the Lincoln Memorial, Mall and Washington Monument – just added.

Clinton’s first day in her new job

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:28:30 +0000

Here she was addressing the staff at ~~Wernham-Hogg~~ the State Department:

With one sweep of the pen…

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:22:58 +0000

Obama orders the closure of Guantanamo. Here was Rachel Maddow covering the story:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Barack gets to keep his Blackberry

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:14:01 +0000

Here are the conditions.