The Nobel Peace Prize
This morning he awoke to Malia saying dad you won!
He didn’t start celebrating before more followed on
Eagerly she continued, dad it’s Bo’s birthday!
Nobel Peace Prize is great but other responsibilities he had to portray
Obama always said he was first a dad
Bo the family pet was the only dog they had
Letting this Birthday past would be a major wrong
Even though this award was great he must first get along
Pets are like family and must not be set aside
Every occasion with family Barack smiles wide
And though he is humbled that the world nations believe
Change can start from ideas small men conceive
Even though he is the first sitting President in 90 years
Presented with this honor for his approach to world affairs
Rights of world citizens are in his forefront but close at home
Is the responsibility of family and Nation where ever he may roam
Zilch is the significance of personal grandeur and so he
Emphasized the involvement of all people and it starts with family
The Right To Bare Arms
The people are not bitter Obama, with guns on their hips
Holstered during their rallying trips
Everyone can within the law demonstrate
Rights to carry these weapons as they participate
Imagine such civil unrest that these
Go church with side arms strapped above the knees
How worrying to see students on our corridors
Turning out like Billie the Kid to resurrect more horrors
The parks where we go to meditate
Or walk our dogs, gun fanatics now populate
Brothers now scaring brothers if when they open the door
Are people packing semi-autos and some packing more
Rubbish, this must be rubbish to hear
Every one by the law can choose to wear
A gun while present in a politically volatile crowd
Restricting guns at other grouping will soon be disallowed
Me, I’m still having difficulty why churches have alarms
Sleeveless tops banned, ladies don’t have The Right To Bare Arms
Happy Birthday Mr. President
How can I say, Happy Birthday?
And how can I in a day, his troubles allay?
Paupers like me never get to see
People like he, with such pedigree
Yes we can was his cry, but how can I
Bring happiness to a President, how ever hard I try
I’ve seen the joy one man can bring
Realized that if you believe, you can do anything
The audacity of hope is within my reach
He taught me to believe and then each
Dream can be made into a reality
And so I’ll believe and with audacity
Yes I can give the President what I desire
May this day be as my dream, and as I require
Real happiness amidst his busy schedule
Peace from the haters, backstabbers, and all things cruel
Resolve of the problems of immediacy
Enemies no longer a threat to our country
Soft answers to carry away people’s rage
Integrity to know the time to turn a new page
Devoted colleagues that will always have your back
Economy, Health Care and Immigration put back on track
Nothing can stop my dreams and my earnest pray
To wish President Barack Obama a Happy Birthday!
The Police Acted Stupidly
The President dared to say what he can
He described actions and not the character of the policeman
Even with his measured and careful word
People attacked what they think they heard
On that night when the arrest was made
Lawman, who trains other acted stupidly, I’m afraid
Invading ones own home, how could this be?
Could a man jimmying his own lock be described as guilty?
Even when he says to the police he’s the lawful owner
Are there no checks that would verify this, is there no procedure?
Can I expect that had this man been a White
That he would’ve been meted out that same treatment, that night?
Ever considered the mood you would have been in
Disgusted from your circumstance now the police, outside, beckoning?
Sir! Get out the house! And you asked, Why? Cause I’m Black?
This is no reason for the police to get out of whack
Using a cane, standing 5’5”, with proof of ID
Police surely could’ve walked away, even without an apology
I agree with the President and think our trained policemen
Diffuse many more volatile incidents, so why not then
Locked emotions, Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley
Years of racial mending being broken because the police acted stupidly.
Remembering Tim
Remorsefulness I could feel no more
Everything is different than before
My thoughts now are the wonderful memories
Episodes when he interviewed celebrities
Meet the Press was a great addition to my Sundays
Dialogs well research and presented in fresh ways
Ever political leader invited for a chat
Respectfully grilled to discern fiction from fact
I think I learnt more from these interviews
No twisted focus and distortions as in the news
Got the fact straight once and for all listening
Tim’s Christian nature brought an unusual christening
I felt renewed interpretation when I listened to him
Meet the Press continues and in a way so does Tim
In Loving Memory of Tim Russert
Died June 13, 2008
Renegade - 2
Roads of uncertainty, in fact not even a path
Every step we take, every row of the wrath
Nothing there to guide us but faith and trust
Each decision is his and so we must
Give him the opportunity to lead the way
All our efforts before him had led us astray
Doing things against the grain needs someone who’s not afraid
Electing Barack Obama gives him the chance to be the Renegade
After I wrote my friend I realized that the phrase Happy New Year like Our Lord Jesus also had 12 letters. This number 12 was starting to seem even more important. When I think of the things I wanted to pray for my family and friend this New Year, I came up with these during an early morning soliloquy.
Happy New Year
Here are 12 letters, 12 lines and 12 things in A Prayer For You
A prayer that all Your Earnest Prayers Come True
Peace And Goodwill to you and your fellow man
Prayers for Good Health and to be the best that you can
Your family and friend’s True Undying Love
Nurturing for Spiritual Growth from our Father above
Every Day Contentment and that you find early
Wisdom to help guide in times of uncertainty
Your mind, body and soul, I’ll pray for His Healing Touch
Every Blessing Bestowed you and none be too much
At this turn of the year I pray for you Great Prosperity
Ring in 2009 with my prayer for God’s Promise Of Life Eternity
With just 12 days to go Barack Obama made a quick stop in Indianapolis, Indiana and then hurried off to Honolulu, Hawaii to be at his ailing grandmother’s side. The ever so dutiful Barack said he didn’t want to repeat history as was with his mother and not be there. With polls threatening to go down in his absence he feels his obligations to the lady who raised him from his early teens.
Indianapolis
I see the trip home as a show of dependability
Noble devotions and unquestionable loyalty
Dedication to what’s right and unselfish
I see his going home as the people ultimate wish
Americans have been asked to, repeatedly
Notice the man vying for this Presidency
And ask yourselves who really is Obama
Palling around with questionable folk who hate America
Obama is a Muslim and refuses the wear our flag
Loves the poor he says but for who does his tail wag
I know it all nasty talk, this trip speaks his soul
So when they ask who’s Obama, I’ll say I’ve already been told
Have you ever considered running for Presidency of the USA. Do you realize how much investigating will be carried out? Your family too will be scrutinized. But the tickler of it all is your associates, no matter how close or distant the bonds are between you and them. The truth of it all is that we all have something in our past that may look questionable under such careful scrutiny. When we look at the two Candidates this closely, test results are very clear to me. Barack Obama’s although he has some bumps along the way had always made decision that showed his integrity. He was never hot off the cuff and running to out fires not yet started.
Tried Tested And True
There is much ado about who can
Really be the peoples’ best man
Intelligent and with diverse prowess
Experienced to facilitate certain success
Deliberately choosing to be fully tested
Tossing privacy aside for your life to be vetted
Encouraging the public to see who you are
Showing them you microscopically and not from afar
There is no Presidential Candidate in history
Equaled to Obama under such scrutiny
Dear friends the darkest sides of his past
Are associations with men whose affiliations didn’t last
None of them influenced Obama to be less than he became
Didn’t cause him to live a life of shame
There has been grilling, mud slinging and the a broken economy
Reactions have remained Presidential and cool with integrity
Unmatched by others, so there is one thing left to do
Elect Barack Obama, the Candidate Tried, Tested and True
They have been much talk about pigs in lipstick and the more I hear about it the more upset I become. Surely Americans are not so easily taken in. I know that we want to be sure that we understand the people we are voting for but what exactly does it say when people on hearing these false allegations and misrepresentations of the truth, would come out publicly and put a stop to it. I would have had greater respect for Palin had she come out and say, he never meant me, he was referring to…, I thought so.
The Pig in Lipstick
The people for eight years got the same
Hogwash and mud baths and a senseless war game
Electorate trusted them year after year
Putting faith in a Government that professed to care
Instead they got a big disappointment
Got bamboozle by a misguided Government
It all became obvious, “no way, no how”, not again
Now many were crying out “not McCain”
Lots of his policies were facsimiles, and when
Investigated, his voting records were with Bush 9 in 10
Politics is a devious game when played the old way
Some promises, and dressing up, while they lead us astray
They put on façades then vow it’s all new
It would never be like the old ways we knew
Covering up the pig with sparking lipsticks
Keeps us curious but with scrutiny, it’s the same politricks
Last night I tried to be as open minded as I could be, given the position I had adopted with her proud speech. The rest of the world weren’t as affected as I was and so I set it all on the back burner. When I saw her sarcasm and deliberate resurrection of issues long dead, I was convinced that she is everything she said she is, a pitbull wearing lipstick.
Palin’s Outing
People who tell you who they are
Always believe them however bizarre
Like a woman who to millions will confess
I’m a barracuda, a pitbull in a pretty dress
No lady who claims to have high scruples
Should be proud of promiscuity which lacks morals
Or when opposing candidates who say they’ll leave kids out
Use kids like ponds to influence their clout
This barbaric attack on personalities
Is evidence of unscrupulous tendencies
Now I waited to see who is the Governor threatening Barack
Got my answer confirmed last night with her sarcastic attack
Barack Obama made another awesome speech to the nation when he acknowledged his moment in history to be the first Black Nominee from one of the substantive political parties in America. But, the world saw it too and the cries we resounding. One magazine stand was covered in 50 or more different magazines all with different shots of Barack. I was touched when he came out before a humbling crowd of over 15,000 in the stands and 17,000 outside and the millions all over the world and he hugged and kissed Michelle and received a gentle knuckle shake and he then guide Michelle away with a pat on the butt. Watching these two is like music to my ears and listening to Obama’s speeches is a beautiful choir singing. Obama identified that this moment of change represents a number of great moments to follow. America has had many great opportunities in the past to make things right and they were denied. I pray this time they are and remain on track.
This Was The Moment
To many it was another MLK speech
His oration was captivating and to all it did reach
I saw his Presidential poise as I’ve been seeing before
Such a deliberate attempt to reach both rich and poor
When the world heard him there was approving outcry
Africans, Japanese, Europeans all think he’s the guy
Such a vision for the future that begins right there
The end of one historic journey to begin another everywhere
Healing can start from this moment in time
Earth and oceans cured, sickness and crime
Moments of change with dominoes accuracy
Obama wants jobs for the jobless and all people equality
Maybe it’s asking much of one man man
Except he’s asking all of us to understand
No one is hopeless or without a voice
Together we can change the world if we make this our choice
This was a night that should have gone down in history differently. I believe too much bitter and too little sweet spoilt the significance of one of America’s biggest days. I was so displeased by it, I didn’t pen these thoughts until a day later for fear that I may be as bitte3r as those who pretend not to be.
Bitter Sweets
Barrack wan the Nomination but there’s little victory
It seems defeating Hillary was devastating to the party
The loyal Hillary voters prefer to Vote McCain
They would defect and in 2012 come back again
Eager to see a woman gain the Presidency
Retired people and blue collared workers snuff the DNC
So now they are dangling the proverbial carrot
Want Hillary on the ticket or there’ll be a riot
Except Hillary comes out on Saturday
Endorses Obama in a convincing way
This division will hurt the DNC’s campaign
She needs to stop this exodus of voters to McCain
The results hardly mattered any more. He needed just 4 to clinch the nomination. And it was done, history was created but one thing leaves me wondering. If Barack had paid more attention to his finish game and secure more wins in the last 9 primaries maybe Hillary wouldn’t have had the contentions on which to boast. She defeated him in the number of people who voted for her and will go down in history as the candidate with the most ever popular votes. How unfortunate but still, I would not fault Barack’s decisions.
Final Primaries
Finish line was already within his grasp
It was 4 delegates needed and the nomination was clasped
Nothing could stop him, it was history
A Black man was going to be the DNC’s Nominee
Lots of votes were counted on that final night
Primaries split between them but didn’t change the fight
Republicans were hoping against it but they’ll face Obama
It was obvious even though Hillary won South Dakota
Montana was won by Obama with a great margin
Although it wasn’t critical for him to win
Reactions varied when she asked what does Hillary need
It appeared she had no intention to concede
Everyone who expected Hillary to give up that night
Shared the same shock when she invited opinions on her website
Barack was sharing his story and it felt like mine and probably like yours too. Sometimes the smallest of encouragement can get you over those obstacles that may at first seem insurmountable. And like in Obama’s case, this boost of energy may be delivered in the smallest of packages from the least expected source. Remember that ever one has a voice and deserves to be heard, at least once. Change comes when we listen even the least amongst us.
3S – Strength
Standing there all dripping wet
The morning was trying and I wasn’t ready yet
Right before me stood 20 waiting anxiously
Eager to hear my enthusiastic delivery
Nice old lady behind shouted “fired up, ready to go!
Got the room started and was stealing the show
Then I too joined in and my spirits grew like the rest
How fired up I was and ready to go to give of my best
This is my song of inspiration, thanks to Barack Obama and his story of the little old lady who fired him up and made him ready to go at a time when he was low.
Sing with me Fired Up and Ready to go
3S – Song
Shout it out loudly “fired up!”, “ready to go!”
One voice can change a room, a village, a state you know
Nations will soon listen expectantly
Get “fired up!”, “ready to go!” and the world too will be
I have seen powerful women all over the world and Hillary Clinton is unlike any. Her attempts to fit in by drinking beer makes less rather than more of a powerful woman to me. If you have to do what people do so as to be accepted, in this case join the boys club, why is she running at all. Isn’t she promoting the idea of a first woman, why then is she not starting her own club and habits? Except for her variety of pants suits, which unfortunately is an adaptation from the gents too, she has done little to preserve and represent a strong woman. It doesn’t take strong women to stand by a man during his obvious breach of marital and societal rules. In fact weak women can’t turn away. When a woman stands by her man because she is part of the few to believe his innocence, that is then remarkable strength. It requires strength to turn away from all that you have built between you when a man has wrong you publicly but little or nothing to stay with him under similar circumstance
Hillary Crytearia
How often have we heard
In the campaign this little word
Looks like it’s her strategy
Lamenting before a primary
And now from her surrogates too
Raining tears and some hullabaloo
You might have seen then on Decision Day
Crying their eyes out in a terrible display
Regardless to the reasons why
You must be suspicious when these people cry
They want the responsibility of this great U.S.A.
European and the others , what will they say
A President with no spine has no criteria
Repeatedly crying and lying, she’s no Obama
I think she misled too many, she’s ready from the first day
And her promises to the Puerto Ricans only leads them astray
Party Unity is the focus of the DNC but according to one of the super delegates I must go by what ”my momma taught me” Donna Brazile went on to say that we must play by the rules and that you can’t change the rules in the course of the game. Some presenters also drew reference to the fact that with the announcement that the votes wouldn’t count once the primaries were held earlier than scheduled by the DNC, potential voters may not have shown up and therefore the actual votes cannot truly represent the voice of the people.
A Decision Day
Another day was not so tense
Darkness cloud the Florida and Michigan defense
Emphatic presentations for both candidates
Conference room applauding from vibrant debates
It was unclear for me, I couldn’t make up my mind
So many different positions put me in a bind
I started the day thinking divide them squarely
Obama can get 50% and 50% for Hillary
Now I understand the proposed splits
Delegates to be apportioned fairly is good politics
And yet the rules can’t be changed along the way
You have lots to consider on A Decision Day
You would remember that I have been writing about the profanity of Hannity – profHannity, and here I continue about his latest contribution. I am so discouraged that this media person gets the right to perpetuate his kind of corruptness and to think that he is a practicing Catholic Christian. I can’t understand why he continues this 20 years stay of Obama. What about the many members of the Father Pfleger’s congregation at his church, have they been sitting down for many years, exposed to incendiary comments too or is it that this priest only adopts this questionable rant when he enters the doors of the Trinity Church? People might say things that once said may seem dumb and out of place. If they retract them, then they are being human but when we continue to fuel them, then we are the evils, remember “ forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.”
The ProfHannity
There is dubiousness in his deliberate exposure
Hannity discrediting Obama for Father Michael Pfleger
Even though the Priest is a Roman Catholic
Postulating he only preaches racism and sexism in the Pulpit
Rhetoric for which he apologized immediately
Obama was disappointed and expressed this promptly
Featuring priests at the pulpit on your select word
Has an intrusion of privacy and is not preferred
And if taken out of context most of us will appear
Narcissistic, racist, sexist and full of despair
None of us are immune from microscopic analysis
Investigation of our every word is nobody’s business
To take these snip bits and perpetuate a bigotry
You are more dangerous than your subject and more guilty
