politics: I Missed President Obama's Tucson Memorial Speech - In Case You Missed it Too Here it Is.
- 01/12/11 03:41 PM
I've been so busy at work that I completely missed President Obama's speech in Tucson today. My husband tells me that it was extremely moving. In case you missed it too, here is the official copy from the White House webpage. In searching for this I've read some great commentary. My favorite was from Jacob Heilbrunn of the Huffington Post where he wrote, "In essence, Obama returned to his earliest and most deeply felt theme, which is that optimism, not hatred, civility, not rancor, hope, not despair, should guide and elevate America, no matter how heated or turbulent political issues may … (8 comments)
politics: The Best Six Minutes on Active Rain - Are You Up for the Challenge?
- 07/09/09 06:15 PM
A co-worker sent this to me today. I'm a Centrist, he's a hard core Conservative, but somehow this talks to both of us. I've reached a point where I have lost complete and total faith in our system. This well made video has pointed out things that I wasn't even aware of. It has nothing to do with right or left and everything to do with the lives we live. It effects Real Estate, education, health care - you name it. Do we as a nation have what it takes to fire Congress and take our country back? I'm not sure … (10 comments)
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I've been so busy at work that I completely missed President Obama's speech in Tucson today. My husband tells me that it was extremely moving. In case you missed it too, here is the official copy from the White House webpage. In searching for this I've read some great commentary. My favorite was from Jacob Heilbrunn of the Huffington Post where he wrote, "In essence, Obama returned to his earliest and most deeply felt theme, which is that optimism, not hatred, civility, not rancor, hope, not despair, should guide and elevate America, no matter how heated or turbulent political issues may … (8 comments)
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