I'm trying to figure out why so many people are still terrified of this man. I have so many close friends and family that are so afraid of the change this democratic government is going to bring. Just because you have some moral value that doesn't line up with what legislation may be put forth in the coming months, you assume this is the beginning of the end. But the America that I remembered studying in grade school was always called the "land of the free."
This guy is classic, poised, sophisticated, well-spoken, loyal. He loves his family more than anything in the world. He promised his little girls a puppy in the White House. His acceptance speech was delivered not with pride and zeal, but humility and grace and thankfulness. His eyes are already focused on the future, and he will assuredly work very hard to do what he sees as best for the nation. He promised sincerely to listen, and I believe him.
As for me, I am again proud of my nation, proud to be an American. I think underlying everything this administration will stand for will be the genuine hope in the goodness of people. And, if called upon, I would be proud to serve in the military under this administration, for the record.
And even still, we should all be proud to be part of such a great moment in history. He's been handed a nation in distress, and it's the great presidents that have before faced such hard times and persevered.
Congratulations to Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you turn yours to challenging road ahead.
On a different note, I played a really lame open-mic tonight (tore it up, by the way), and the guy that announced my name called me "Jose;" I just went with it. I might keep it as a stage name.
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"And, if called upon, I would be proud to serve in the military under this administration, for the record."
Words, without the commitment of action, are simply vapor the evaporates in the wind.
Obama is charismatic. so too was Hitler when he swayed an equally ignorant generation of Germans into socialism. Obama hid from the the sunlight of public scrutiny because he did not want us to know the real candidate. What of his writings and associates at Columbia? He kept them hidden. He expected us to believe and many who chose to ignore reality believed he did not know of the hatred of America his pastor shared for 20 years. He expected us to ignore his close association with domestic terrorists. The ignorant did. My dad, and the fathers of my close friends worked in the building he attacked. Obama's friend, witout remorse, wanted to kill Americans. My dad. It's personal.
Every once in a while a generation of voters will jump off a cliff to their own destruction like a bunch of lemmings. I choose be more than a lemming.
First off, serving in the military is not the only way to serve your country. My words quote "if called upon" were meant to imply that if there were a need for more troops (i. e. another war), and I were selected in a draft, I could proudly accept that responsibility. I don't feel that volunteering for the service (when we are trying to pull our troops out of a country that I don't think we need to be in in the first place) is my road.
Secondly, everyone has a skeleton in the closet, a past that they would like to remain in the past. It's unfair that anyone go through such scrutiny when they are still people just like you and me. Obama is still a citizen of this great nation, and he has the right to his privacy. Also, he publicly burned all bridges associated with his pastor when he made those comments, and you could see the anguish on his face as he did. You could dig up just as much dirt on McCain, Palin, and Biden, as you can on Obama.
Finally, you cannot lump Obama and Hitler together. I don't believe that Obama has an agenda of swaying the nation into socialism. Hitler was a man without boundaries, who wanted to racially cleanse the world. Obama stands for the exact opposite. He is calling for the nation to unite and work together, putting aside partisanship in order to accomplish common goals. No doubt he believes in democracy.
As for me, for once I don't feel like a lemming. I feel more capable of achieving individual success than I ever have. And it's not really because of Barack; it's because I've seen a generation rise up and unite to make history, people just like me, that face the same problems I face, that are finally thinking about something other than themselves. A man who can inspire that in so many, to me, holds a terrific ideal.
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