American midterm elections

Here is a selection of clear articles to understand more about these midterm elections:

THE RESULTS

House of Representatives
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/house


Senate
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/senate


The consequences :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10263956


Will tweets replace polls ?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/politics/2010-twitter-candidates.html



Tea Party ???

When I hear about a tea party , I usually think of that one , with Alice and the Mad Hatter :



We can also think of this one : The Boston Tea Party




(Two ships in a harbor, one in the distance. Onboard, men stripped to the waist and wearing feathers in their hair throw crates overboard. A large crowd, mostly men, stands on the dock, waving hats and cheering. A few people wave their hats from windows in a nearby building.
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard. Contrary to Currier's depiction, few of the men dumping the tea were actually disguised as Indians.)

The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.

The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act for a variety of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He apparently did not expect that the protestors would choose to destroy the tea rather than concede the authority of a legislature in which they were not directly represented.

The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, which, among other provisions, closed Boston's commerce until the British East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea. Colonists in turn responded to the Coercive Acts with additional acts of protest, and by convening the First Continental Congress, which petitioned the British monarch for repeal of the acts and coordinated colonial resistance to them. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.
(Wikipedia)

But in 2010 , TEA stands for "Taxed Enough Already" and it is a strong criticism of Obama's healthcare reform .








If I tell you Sarah Palin is part of this Tea Party Movement, you will understand it gathers the most radical and puritan Republicans !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/04/tea-party-five-to-watch

Hello my sweeties ,

here I am, back and back again !!!
For my brand new pupils and students , this humble blog is just aimed at sharing a few pictures , videos , songs and pieces of information with you , in English and about the English-speaking world ...
Of course, your comments and reactions are definitely welcome !

New MP's On The Block

Hello girls and guys !

It's been such a loooong time , I know and I really apologize but as you know , since I complain a lot , I have tooo much work , too many copies, too many projects and I'm the only one responsible for all that !!!
Well, anyway , as some "has beens" or even "have never been and probably will never be" are shown on this wonderful French channel TF1 in the "Ferme Célébrités" , the English have chosen a different kind of personalities for their new reality television show , "Towerblock of Commons " on Channel 4 .
As you may know, there are two houses of Parliament : the House of Commons and the House of Lords ( go there to learn more : http://www.parliament.uk/ ) .
So , some members of Parliament from the House of Commons have accepted to spend a week in the life of low-income families ...

Have a look !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2a8iS3x_cM

What do you think of it ?