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This. Is why I love America.

“In my fight against terrorism, to me the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. For me it’s like, I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the ‘forms of terrorism. The root cause of the terrorism is the stuff that the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists.”

These were some of the comments of Lupe Fiasco said during his June 7th interview on What’s Trending Now, a show on CBS.

I’m writing an article for a magazine I’m working for this summer, Say What Online (saywhatonline.org), about whether or not it’s okay for artists to speak out about what’s happening in the world.

How do you all feel about the comments Lupe Fiasco made? Were they legitimate? Should he be attacked for what he said and should artists be allowed to make comments without backlash?

This. Is why I love America.

I don’t mean like loving that way or anything!

from Zerochan

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June, 25. 2008

Manchester Academy

Manchester, UK

June, 25. 2008

Manchester Academy

Manchester, UK

When I first saw this, I thought it was a set-up for a movie shoot or something. It seems that all of the bad guys work for the “Money Corporation” in the animated shows I grew up watching. The name isn’t very original, but at least they’re being straight forward.

Beyoncι at Glastonbury, UK

Dover, United Kingdom 

Last night in the UK.

Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland 

I would love to see Big Ben some day!

Drinking Responsibly by ??? on Flickr.

Tea is delicious!

Ely Cathedral

People Who Studied Abroad #41:
Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India

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The EBac is not the way to engage all pupils or give them the skills they need - and it's not classist to say so

London, The London Eye

The British Airways Lndon Eye

Height: 443 feet (Big ben is 318 feet)

Weight: 1,600 tons

Circumference: 1,392 feet

32 glass, egg-shaped capsules take 800 passengers 

25 mile view

Lower Slaughter, England by Striderv on Flickr.

london, UK

In Upper Slaughter, England by Striderv on Flickr.

After a 26 hour bus ride from Sölvesborg, Sweden (through Holland and Belgium) Interesting Guy has found himself in…

Derby, UK

52°55.32?N1°28.55?W

• Population - 236,000
• The city has Roman, Saxon and Viking origins.
• Derby and Derbyshire were centers of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. In 1717, Derby was the site of the first water powered silk mill in Britain.
• An industrial boom began in Derby when Rolls-Royce opened a car and aircraft factory in the town in 1907.
• Derby Arboretum was the first public park in the country and is thought to have been one of the inspirations for Central Park in New York.

Ok…sooo maybe this blog as a bad idea. I’m sooo jealous! Derby sounds awesome. It’s adorable and lovely and there’s sooo much to do!!

Well…with Rolls-Royce plc being one of the two biggest employers in the area (the Toyota Motor Corporation is the second) and first water powered silk mill in Britain…hopefully he’ll bring home some awesome goodies!! :)

 

London. Take me there.

Englefield House by jo92photos

(Where X-Men: First Class and Hex (TV series) were filmed. Both staring the sexy Michael Fassbender!)

I Do Not Love (myspace)

“Down and Left”

Stream at Fountains Abbey

Aston University building in Birmingham

As leaders debate ways to reform healthcare, politicians repeatedly tell a worried public that Britain will not turn the National Health Service into an ‘American-style’ private system.

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Britain is now embroiled in a healthcare argument of its own, prompted by a proposed shake-up of the NHS. And the phrase on everyone’s lips is “American-style,” which may not be as catchy as the “death panels” that Palin attributed to socialized medicine but which, over here, inspires pretty much the same kind of terror.

Ask a Briton to describe “American-style” healthcare, and you’ll hear a catalog of horrors that include grossly expensive and unnecessary medical procedures and a privatized system that favors the rich.

[…]

Thank you for following this blog! 

Let’s see… Hull is definitely in the UK, almost definitely in England, and… maybe northern England? Yeah, I’m doing this to test and/or expand my Geography knowledge; I’m sure you’d do it, too.

Keep letting us know where you study Geography!

Faerie Glen, Scotland

This is England (movie)

Stream at Fountains Abbey

2010

Aesthetically, I’ve fallen in love with the UK. I sure...

Would like to return to Italy to finish that up, or the UK to see the historical sights and go hunt down the Manic Street Preachers.

Likely, if I’m going abroad anytime soon, it’ll be Israel for an aliyah that my temple will give to me, as it tends to do for fellow adult converts. 

Yes. It’s still funny.

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Duncan James (Blue) - United Kingdom 2011

Aesthetically, I’ve fallen in love with the UK. I sure hope one day I’ll be able to reside there, ideally West London, but anywhere will do, really. Well, maybe not the Merseyside, but what do I know, right?