History and My Story

Mary Lou Buell

Entries from November 2008

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

November 28th, 2008 · 25 Comments

See November 26th post to get the full story.

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Legacy of Imperialism: Zimbabwe

November 26th, 2008 · 20 Comments

This was the news a few days ago:
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So, what is going on in the former British colony of Rhodesia? Robert Mugabe has been Zimbabwe’s only ruler since indepence in 1980. In recent years his administration has been accused of voter fraud (oppostion leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared to win the presidential election [...]

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For Those of You With Facebook (round 2)…

November 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

And I know first hand that there are several of you (Katie, Michael, Tyler, Jesse) check out the group You know you live(d) and work(ed) in Liberia when…  There are funny stories and pictures on the page.  The reason this is called round 2 is because of a similar post I made last year.  Check [...]

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Democracy

November 5th, 2008 · 17 Comments

For those of you who went to bed at a decent hour here are the speeches from Election Night.  I can not help but think of all the people around the world who have suffered violence in order to force change in their governments, both past and present.  Last night we were witnesses to democracy [...]

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