OK. I think I'm ready.
Posted by Fraser Lewry on 4 November 2008 - 10:40pm.
I'm in the mood. Last night I went to a screening of the Frost/Nixon movie. I've just finished a documentary on alleged election fraud in Ohio in 2004, The Uncounted. The internet radio is tuned to C-Span. The TV is on News 24, but I'll spend the rest of the night flicking between the Beeb, Al-Jazeera and Fox News. My browser tabs are loaded: I've got the election FAQ. I've got all the stats at my fingertips. And I have a map. The coffee machine is on. I'm in for the long haul.
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Night!
As much as I would love to participate in one of those great, Glastonburyesque blogathons, I'm off to bed. Enjoy!
Am with you Fraser!
I could bore you with why this song means so much to me around election time but I won't suffice to say it reminds me of police wagons returning from picket line duty during the miners strike. Up to a hundred would pass me as I biked home from the late shift in my past life as a factory worker and Bruce was a constant (as he still is) on my turntable. We need more hope in this world. Go Obama!
Following bbc news...
... online at my desk while working the nightshift.
So that makes three of us.
Surely Obama has this in the bag......hasn't he?
Well, time for bed.
It's looking good but it was last time when I turned in. Was fully expecting to wake up to a Kerry presidency but woke up to the grinning idiot again! Fingers crossed.
You can sleep sound...
... Obama almost there.
Almost?
He is there.
Oh thank fuck
(Pardon my French)
Just occurred...
...wasn't Oh Thank Fuck a former general secretary of the UN.
(Sorry – beer has been taken).
Will Morrissey...
... still be able to sing this?
"But where the president, is never black....... and until that day,
you've got nothing to say to me"
'Won't Get Fooled Again"?
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Let's hope not......these are exciting times.
That's it
the moron will soon be gone from the Whitehouse.
I will sleep a little more peacefully in my bed tonight
A wonderful day
I was very moved to hear echoes of the words of Martin Luther King and Sam Cooke in Obama's speech.
Here's to the future.
To be fair Fraser
There isnt a lot to do in Lincolnshire is there?
Dimbleby vs Vidal
My favourite interview of the night.
Yes....
....loved that!!
Gore Vidal and his eruptions eh?
Best three minutes of the night!
Going to a screening...
In what way is this different from 'going to the cinema' like us mere mortals have to do? ;-)
Because...
It was in room above a pub. It was also, I hasten to add, a public, paying event.
The Kia-Ora is free
It's too orangey for crows
I didn't bother staying up to watch it...
...it'll be repeated on Dave soon