Letters from Grenada

confessions of a reformed tourist

Letters from Grenada RSS Feed
 
 
 
 

Archive for November 3rd, 2008

obama’s grandma

Madelyn Dunham passed away yesterday. She was 86.

Barack Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng released this statement:
“It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer. She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was [...]

SUPERBARACK

Behold, the best Obama parody yet – SUPERBARACK. From the fellas who brought us Baracky. So much better than that silly ass dance-off. Leagues beyond Barack Goes to Bollywood.

Watching this made me laugh, and then I nearly cried. Seriously, can somebody knock me out until Wednesday?
(Thanks to Nichelle of 55 Secret [...]

one day ’til change!

“The American story has never been about things coming easy – it’s been about rising to the moment when the moment was hard. It’s about rejecting fear and division for unity of purpose. That’s how we’ve overcome war and depression. That’s how we’ve won great struggles for civil rights and women’s rights and workers’ rights. [...]