I wanted to be a crabTask didn't seem so drabVictims I will just grabAnd go on sting and stabI wanted to be an eagleBe friends with a beagleIt seems so much legalFlying free in air is regalI wanted to be an octopusBut nearly missed the busMade a lot of useless fussWas a minus, not a plusI wanted to be a scorpionEverything would be donePoisoning others lotta funI will be inferior to noneI wanted to be a sharkMy bite worse than barkWill gobble just for a larkLeave a permanent markI wanted to be a vultureTearing humans, my cultureI am a deadly mixtureI will be a lasting fixtureBut my dream remains a dreamSome day a reality it may seem
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R5Vh5tOWk&feature=related
Its not a future we can allow to happen.
Obama / Biden '08 .... Hope and a New Direction.
A Veteran for Obama !
Yes, the Republicans, Bush/McCain, are the ones who deregulated our banking system to such an extent that the inherent greed was allowed to spread like a cancer.
But we have to move beyond that now - patch their error - then elect Obama and more Dems - and work on rebuilding our financial system so that greed is held in check.
Ambition is what America was built on. When ambition turns to greed, then we have a problem. That's what happened here.
Obama represents the best of American Ambition, while McCain/Bush represent the worst of it.
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Dear Obama Campaign,
The quote below is begging to be used in a political ad. There's even an audo recording of McCain speaking these exact words.
"I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long time."
- John McCain
If Obama had uttered these words the McCain campaign wouldn't hesitate to use it to it's full advantage. I respect the Obama Campaign for trying to stay a level above but we only have 53 days left (sooner if you count early voting next month) and you must begin going on the offense starting now. You don't have to lower yourself to the half-truths and blatent lies of the McCain campaign but you can use his words against him ... and there's plenty of material to choose from.
For the love of God please take your gloves off and use this quote in an upcoming political ad. Show the nation what's truly the driving force behind McCain's machiavellian path to the presidency.
Your faithful supporter,
Richard
Today you are 47 years old, just 10 years older than the age my son, Andre, will be in 10 days time. It's a very poignant month, for that particular reason. As I am a passionate fan of yours, I thought I would put some personal thoughts into words on your special day.
You are a Leo, a true Lion in your manner, your leadership qualities and your behaviour, just like my son. In many ways you both share so much: resilience, driving ambition, determination, great talent, unending creativity, a feistyness for what you believe in, a truly winning smile, a charisma that draws people in, not to mention the ladies, in particular, handsome looks, a carefree air and, above all, an unquenching desire to be who you want to be, to live by your own rules, to do things differently and to impact on your world in a big way.
Interesting line from a Washington Post profile on McCain. The line refers to the 2000 campaign, and is interesting because McCain recently has been attacking Obama for his ambition to the presidency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103032_pf.html
You can read the entire column here but I would like to highlight the last few paragraphs for they are my sentiments exactly. In regards to Mrs. Clinton and the campaign she is running, Ms Ali writes:
Her reluctance to rise above herself and put the people ahead of her own hunger for power remains one of the key reasons that her personality continues to trouble me. Like the Republicans now in control, she preys on our vulnerabilities through her use of terrifying imagery.
Take, for instance, her recent commercial theorizing a 3 a.m. emergency phone call to the White House. It makes a strong reference to our sleeping children, and asks which candidate we want to answer that phone in the event of a crisis.
Only someone who's desperate would use an image of our innocent children to play to our emotions. That type of scare tactic only serves to make me even more suspicious of her. Just as her tears after her sweeping loss in Iowa made her look weak and desperate - qualities not usually used to describe our former first lady.
Another misstep was her insistence on appearing on "Saturday Night Live" in a skit billed as an "editorial response" that played off previous segments that favored Obama.
I laughed just as hard as I did at the Halloween episode where Amy Poehler portrayed Clinton in a bridal gown, and all the other candidates (actors in masks) except the real Obama (also in a mask, playing himself) thought she was a witch. The show's clear refusal to get behind Clinton said it all to me. It reeked of
"we'll let you appear because we have to, not because we want you for president."
With Obama clearly leading, I'm troubled by the fact that some of his opponents act as though winning 11 straight states is some kind of fluke rather than a vote of confidence by the American public.
Some of the efforts to defame this strong candidate reek of racism. It's as though Obama's political foes can't believe that a black man, no matter how strong his qualifications, can run this nation. Instead, they'd rather believe that a woman who is reduced to tears when she's losing is much more qualified? And we've never once heard Obama whine, whimper or complain about the media.
So when it comes to that 3 a.m. call and my children are sleeping, I want someone in charge who can keep a level head to make the crucial decisions.
Because, as we've seen with Iraq, if you make the wrong move when the red phone rings, turning back is next to impossible. And as to Clinton's desperate pleas to Ohio voters that "this is a wartime election," my response is indeed, Sen. Clinton - America is at war and your wrong vote helped us get there.
It's been said before and rings true today - Obama's race toward the finish line is not just an election. It's a movement. If he wins the White House, this movement is capable of making the nation a better place to live for everyone, not just the person whose ambition for the Oval Office has been fueled by her own self-interest.
Clinton should take heed of the African proverb she borrowed for so many speeches and used for the title of one of her books.
Yes, it does take a village to raise our children.
It also takes a village of unity to rescue this nation from the special political and financial interests that have driven both our economy and our morality into the ground. *
We tend to get into a narrow mode of negative thinking which dictates the quality of the life we have. The most common thoughts involve some or all of the following, listed in descending order of their potential to damage our self-esteem:
l . Comparing yourself constantly with your siblings, peers, partner or colleagues. You berate yourself with thoughts that a particular person has done something at a certain time and you should have done the same or even better, thus providing the soil for perfectionism to thrive. Measuring yourself against the behaviour of another is foolish and pointless, especially when you are unique and no two people are alike in potential, ability or aspirations.
