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Schedule of Masses and Pilgrimages at Carmelite Monastery

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BARACK OBAMA: ADVOCATE OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH Posted: August 6, 2010 by quinzo in Uncategorized 0 When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44 th president of the United States and the first Black-American to be such, I was one of those who were thrilled and one of those who rejoiced at such a historic event. I have been following his whereabouts back when his name was just starting to create frantic waves among the Americans. I am not an American and yet I was also drawn to him. Perhaps, because he was a sort of an international phenomenon in the political arena at that time. It also made me look high on America’s democracy. Black-Americans were once the subject of discrimination, now a significant minority, and yet despite that they were able to place a man of their own in the world’s most influential political position. Obama was known to be charismatic and a great orator. His speeches almost always have the ability t