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- janne760
^ meaning there can't be any vespa's in those states.. well not born before 1967. ;)
- vespa0
Mixed Race Icons: Bob Marley
- vespa0
Just stumbled across this:
"As recently as 1967, sixteen US states from Delaware to Texas had laws banning interracial couples."
- _niko0
Wooooooohooooooooo!!!!! it's the dawn of a new future.
I just wish they would focus on Obama the man, not Obama the african-american.
He's half Kenyan, half American who grew up in Hawaii. His American experience is closer to that of other first generation Americans than to that of African Americans like Al sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Oprah so why do we need to see them every 10 seconds.Who gives a fuck if he's African-american, Irish-american, Italian-American, Mexican-American or whatever.
He's a great man period.
- bigbaby530
I know there are a lot of "non-americans" on QBN...What are your thoughts of the US now, as an outsider? Many folks outside of the US have seen us as a bit nuts after witnessing the last 8 yrs. Is this election the beginning of a healing, of sorts, on how the US is viewed by other countries?
- I think we have a slightly optimistic feeling about America again. Time will tell.ETM
- gramme0
Obama is not going to pull our economy out of the gutter. It's not within his power, regardless of what he and the pundits say. A president can help PUT us in the economic shitter, but they are largely incapable of pulling us out. It's up to us. It's up to businesses and the people running them.
- right but the help of a government making THE RIGHT choices nationally will help out greatly.anxiousarms
- taxing businesses as he plans, will make that very toughsputnik2
- Business did well under Clinton with the same tax rates.Mimio
- That had nothing to do with Clinton. It was all about the ebb and flow of business.gramme
- Just saying it didn't effect growth or jobs. Besides it's far better than what McCain was suggesting.Mimio
- Balancing the budget and freezing federal spending in a recession like this is death to the economy.Mimio
- exador10
what movie was it where the guy said something along the lines of 'the sooner we all start having sex with each other, the sooner we can all start looking philipino...and then we'll all be better off, cuz those are some damn fine looking people'
or something like that..
always liked that :)
my kids are mixed... so I'm all for it :)
- Llyod0
Obama will have to be a miracle worker to pull the economy out of the pooper and resolve two wars, and solve countless other problems.
- redant0
He is half white and half Kenyan. I don't think he had a typical American Black upbringing but he looks the part and this brings hope to alot of Black Americans. Which is a great thing.
- gramme0
Don't tell anyone in my church that the Gotham was my choice for their secondary typeface. The primary one is Mercury. Like peas and carrots.
- gramme0
The blinding optimism and CHANGE motto have an eerily Bolshevik-esque tone to me. The Fairey posters didn't help in that regard; though well-illustrated and designed they smack of Eastern European socialism to me, at least on a gut level.
- Jimbo820
This thread was started to talk about how Obama is portrayed as a black man by the media, himself and his team when really he is mixed race. And why that is so.
- redant0
Political thread?
- someone was smoking in there, and I've got my kid with me.mikotondria3
- gramme0
I agree miko, it's a beautiful thing for black people and our nation as a whole, to be able to see past color. Even if I think many of Obama's policies are bunk.
- studderine0
my gf works for a screen printer and one of the designers there made a run of 200 shirts to go and sell at grant park. obama with the ziggy stardust lighting bolt w/ changes as the text. i got me a free shirt!
- mikotondria30
Honestly, Im so proud of them all.
As a foreign national living here I oftentimes shake my head in disbelief at things like my neighbors who have 2 hummers, of the constant presence of Ranch Dressing and syrup near food and domestic beers, but I'm seriously delighted that in a country where this man couldn't sit at the front of the bus 2 generations ago can now embody the dream that seemed for so long to be a cruel hoax, now reclaimed.
Even if he is technically a useless president, the popularity of his victory and what it represents is something that cannot ever now be lost. As Oblermann stuttered last night - politically, this is man-on-the-moon stuff, and it really is, and I feel like I'm watching it from the kennedy space center, wearing a thin tie.
- ukit0
Despite Obama, I'm starting to get a bit sick of it.
- gramme0
I still love Gotham in spite of Obama.
- I still like you in spite of some of your opinionshallelujah
- same to you sir :)gramme
- I also share your constant love of this typeface. I am still floored by its rhythm and poise, it's powerful yetmikotondria3
- effortless command of the space around it, and they way it gets away with that quirky x-height. Perfect for Obama.mikotondria3
- and be condemned who say it is just Avenir with the ascender trimmed down!rafalski
- What unreconstructed whelp of a whore said that?gramme
- rafalski0
Since many QBNers (if not most) work in advertising, it might be a good time to congratulate whomever run this campaign.
It was absolutely brilliant propaganda. A proper logo. The choice and timing of changing taglines (did I say CHANGING? see?). Getting influential artists to produce posters (and blog about it). The brand is so strong, people have to be aware of it when choosing Gotham a.k.a. "the Obama font", he owns it now.
It was amazing how his middle name was smoothly avoided in the campaign - you won't even learn it from the bio on his website!Just so that it would be clear - I don't believe in Obama's proposed policies and his actions so far seem to confirm my worries (take his support for the Paulson scam). If I voted for him, it would be on a "lesser evil" principle.
Having said that I'm amazed with how this winning seems to have raised American spirit, at least from what I can see from here online.
It shouldn't be underestimated what it has suddenly done for the US worldwide, public relations - wise either.
Americans are no longer the baddies and I bet they're getting welcome back drinks in pubs around the world. That is probably good..