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WHO WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER?

 
 
ican711nm
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 03:54 pm
parados wrote:
ican711nm wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:

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Not True
Zero Chemical Weapons Found
Not a drop of any chemical weapons has been found anywhere in Iraq


Large stores of ingredients for chemical weapons have been found throughout Iraq. However, no ready-to-use chemical weapons have been found.

Really? Do you have citation for these "large stores"?


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/08/MN237585.DTL
U.S. labs testing suspect chemicals discovered in Iraq
Barrels turn up at vacant training camp

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8937655/
Military: Chemicals show explosive potential
Tests performed on materials seized in raid of suspected insurgent hideout

Updated: 6:15 p.m. CT Aug 14, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Early tests of chemicals seized at a suspected insurgent hideout in northern Iraq indicate they included substances that could be used in explosives, the U.S. military said Sunday.

About 1,500 gallons of various chemicals were found in what the military called an insurgent chemical production facility in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.

FOR CONTEXT SEE THE DUELFER REPORT - Chemical
http://www.foia.cia.gov/duelfer/Iraqs_WMD_Vol3.pdf
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 04:12 pm
Thomas wrote:
ican711nm wrote:
Thomas wrote:

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Can you be more specific? What exactly have Krugman and the Democrats been doing?

Accusing Republicans and Conservatives of being what Democrats and Liberals are being:

1. Liars;
2. Anti-semites;
3. Racists;
4. Bigots;
5. Discriminators;
6. Slanderers;
7. Libelers;
8. Obsrtructionists;
9. No-planers;
10. Voter frauders;
11. Civil rights abusers;
12. Privacy violators;
13. Tax abusers;
...

And where has "Krugman in particular" been guilty of these sins?


Some are presented in his article:
Au1929 wrote:
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:05 am Post: 2373196 -

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2373196#2373196

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Op-Ed Columnist
The Great Revulsion

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: November 10, 2006
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But we may be seeing the downfall of movement conservatism: the potent alliance of wealthy individuals, corporate interests and the religious right that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s. This alliance may once have had something to do with ideas, but it has become mainly a corrupt political machine, and America will be a better place if that machine breaks down.

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on George Soros's control of the Democratic Party.

Why do I want to see movement conservatism crushed? Partly because the movement is fundamentally undemocratic; its leaders don't accept the legitimacy of opposition. Democrats will only become acceptable, declared Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, once they "are comfortable in their minority status." He added, "Any farmer will tell you that certain animals run around and are unpleasant, but when they've been fixed, then they are happy and sedate."

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on the obstructionism of the Democratic party and it's entitlement psychosis regarding its political power, or lack there of

And the determination of the movement to hold on to power at any cost has poisoned our political culture. Just think about the campaign that just ended, with its coded racism, deceptive robo-calls, personal smears, homeless men bused in to hand out deceptive fliers, and more. Not to mention the constant implication that anyone who questions the Bush administration or its policies is very nearly a traitor.

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on the unrelenting slander and libeling of the Republican Administration by the Democratic Party.

When movement conservatism took it over, the Republican Party ceased to be the party of Dwight Eisenhower and became the party of Karl Rove. The good news is that Karl Rove and the political tendency he represents may both have just self-destructed.

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on the takeover of the Democratic Party by the George Soros leftist extremeists.

Two years ago, people were talking about permanent right-wing dominance of American politics. But since then the American people have gotten a clearer sense of what rule by movement conservatives means. They've seen the movement take us into an unnecessary war, and botch every aspect of that war. They've seen a great American city left to drown; they've seen corruption reach deep into our political process; they've seen the hypocrisy of those who lecture us on morality.

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on the incompetence of the Democratic Party's understanding of the necessity of winning the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in defeating terrorism.

and,

e.g., Krugman's camouflaged comment on the incompetence and obstructionism of the Democrat governor of Louisiana and the Democrat mayor of New Orleans in dealing with both the threat of harm and the actual harm done by hurricane Katrina.

...
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 15 Nov, 2006 07:30 am
Foxfyre wrote:

Neither can we figure out why its taking so long or why it is being done in secret. The longer it goes, the more the Wilson voters are smelling a rat.


They are, since a couple of days more and more. But about some - I would call it 'peculiar funny' if it wasn't such a serious thing as an election, like what is part an envelope, if the Deputy Attorney General is allowed to give legal advice (because it's his boos, who is running for office) ...

What really astonishes me - and that's again a point, which is impossible in other voting systems - is the following (copied/pasted from today's Albuquerque Tribune; marking by me):

http://i15.tinypic.com/29f4klh.jpg
ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 10:26 am
@Walter Hinteler,
NEW CHAPTER!
Today is August 30, 2008.

Who will win the election November 4, 2008?
Foxfyre
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 10:34 am
@ican711nm,
ican711nm wrote:

NEW CHAPTER!
Today is August 30, 2008.

Who will win the election November 4, 2008?


Gosh, I had forgotten about this thread.

Personally I think it is a crap shoot and I'm not willing to give odds either way at this point.

Obama has his followers convinced that he is God's gift to the world and, based on his Convention speech along with other statements he has made, I think he is beginning to believe that too.

McCain is still a disappointment in some ways to his conservative base, but he is coming through for us on some key issues. And Sarah Palin is an honest to goodness true conservative.

So, if Kool-ade drinkers have the edge, Obama will be the next president.

If the eternal optimists prevail, we'll elect McCain.
ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 10:42 am
@Foxfyre,
KOOL AID!

Quote:
Barack Obama's acceptance speech

DENVER (AP) _ Prepared remarks of Sen. Barack Obama for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the campaign:

To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin, and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation: With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest" a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours " Hillary Rodham Clinton. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next vice president of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night.

To the love of my life, our next first lady, Michelle Obama, and to Sasha and Malia, I love you so much, and I'm so proud of all of you.

Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to.

It is that promise that has always set this country apart, that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well.

That's why I stand here tonight. Because for 232 years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women, students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors, found the courage to keep it alive.

We meet at one of those defining moments, a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.

Tonight, more Americans are out of work, and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes, and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.

These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work.

This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment he's worked on for twenty years and watch it shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news.

We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes.

Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: enough! This moment, this election is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On Nov. 4, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough."

Now let there be no doubt. The Republican nominee, John McCain, has worn the uniform of our country with bravery and distinction, and for that, we owe him our gratitude and respect. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need.

But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.

The truth is, on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives, on health care and education and the economy, Senator McCain has been anything but independent. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this president. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. And when one of his chief advisers, the man who wrote his economic plan, was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners."

A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third or fourth or fifth tour of duty. These are not whiners. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. These are the Americans that I know.

Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under $5 million a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than 100 million Americans? How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement?

It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.

For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy " give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is, you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. You're on your own.

Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America.

You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country.

We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was president, when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000, like it has under George Bush.

We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job an economy that honors the dignity of work.

The fundamentals we use to measure economic strength are whether we are living up to that fundamental promise that has made this country great, a promise that is the only reason I am standing here tonight.

Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill.

In the face of that young student who sleeps just three hours before working the night shift, I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own while she worked and earned her degree; who once turned to food stamps but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help of student loans and scholarships.

When I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant closed.

And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle-management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman. She's the one who taught me about hard work. She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me. And although she can no longer travel, I know that she's watching tonight, and that tonight is her night as well.

I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine. These are my heroes. Theirs are the stories that shaped me. And it is on their behalf that I intend to win this election and keep our promise alive as president of the United States.

What is that promise?

It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect.

It's a promise that says the market should reward drive and innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs, look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road.

Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves, protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology.

Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity, not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work.

That's the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.

That's the promise we need to keep. That's the change we need right now. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am president.

Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.

Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.

I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.

I will cut taxes " cut taxes for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. In that time, he's said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investments in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.

Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stopgap measure, not a long-term solution. Not even close.

As president, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy; wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced.

America, now is not the time for small plans.

Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. I'll invest in early childhood education. I'll recruit an army of new teachers, and pay them higher salaries and give them more support. And in exchange, I'll ask for higher standards and more accountability. And we will keep our promise to every young American " if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education.

Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves. And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.

Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their jobs and caring for a sick child or ailing parent.

Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations.

And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.

Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime, by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less because we cannot meet 21st century challenges with a 20th century bureaucracy.

And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. But we must also admit that programs alone can't replace parents; that government can't turn off the television and make a child do her homework; that fathers must take more responsibility for providing the love and guidance their children need.

Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility " that's the essence of America's promise.

And just as we keep our keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next commander in chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

For while Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, I stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats we face. When John McCain said we could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell, but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.

And today, as my call for a time frame to remove our troops from Iraq has been echoed by the Iraqi government and even the Bush administration, even after we learned that Iraq has a $79 billion surplus while we're wallowing in deficits, John McCain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war.

That's not the judgment we need. That won't keep America safe. We need a president who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past.

You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in 80 countries by occupying Iraq. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington. You can't truly stand up for Georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice, but it is not the change we need.

We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans " Democrats and Republicans have built, and we are here to restore that legacy.

As commander in chief, I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home.

I will end this war in Iraq responsibly and finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future.

These are the policies I will pursue. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain.

But what I will not do is suggest that the senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism.

The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America, they have served the United States of America.

So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.

America, our work will not be easy. The challenges we face require tough choices, and Democrats as well as Republicans will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose our sense of higher purpose. And that's what we have to restore.

We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. This, too, is part of America's promise, the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.

I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.

You make a big election about small things.

And you know what it's worked before. Because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know.

I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington.

But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's been about you.

For eighteen long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said enough to the politics of the past. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. You have shown what history teaches us that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington. Change happens because the American people demand it, because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.

America, this is one of those moments.

I believe that as hard as it will be, the change we need is coming. Because I've seen it. Because I've lived it. I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.

And I've seen it in this campaign. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time. In the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did. I've seen it in the workers who would rather cut their hours back a day than see their friends lose their jobs, in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, in the good neighbors who take a stranger in when a hurricane strikes and the floodwaters rise.

This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.

Instead, it is that American spirit that American promise that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.

That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours, a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot.

And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.

The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred.

But what the people heard instead, people of every creed and color, from every walk of life, is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. That together, our dreams can be one.

"We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."

America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise, that American promise, and in the words of Scripture, hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
kickycan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 10:44 am
@Foxfyre,
I predict a victory for Obama in November, and it won't even be close. And after he wins, the sour grapes whining about how it's all because people are stupid will become a shrill cry from the right that hits my ears like a beautiful song of hope fulfilled.
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 10:52 am
@ican711nm,
The link to Obama's Acceptance Speech is:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/Barack_Obamas_acceptance_speech.html
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 11:09 am
It was an inspiring speech for certain, on a par with great speeches given by other great statesmen in this country and also by some pretty nefarious characters here and abroad. In other words you can’t really judge a person’s motives or intentions or ability by their great oratory. But make the people feel great emotion, and they’ll follow you anywhere. (Ergo my kool-ade analogy which admittedly is a bit of a cheap shot.)

For instance, Obama says:

Quote:
I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.

I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.

I will cut taxes "" cut taxes for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.


And while he is promising all these grandiose tax cuts, he then says:

Quote:
In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy; wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well

I'll invest in early childhood education. I'll recruit an army of new teachers, and pay them higher salaries and give them more support. And in exchange . . .and we will keep our promise to every young American "" if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education

If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves . . . I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.

Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations.

And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.

Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime, by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less because we cannot meet 21st century challenges with a 20th century bureaucracy.

I will end this war in Iraq responsibly and finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts.


It will be interesting to see the price tag on this list of grandiose promises when the money crunchers are done with adding it up. And honestly, doesn’t it portray a pretty huge ego to make such promises in four short years? Or even eight years? And with no mention of reforming a highly corrupt and self-serving Congress that will be necessary to get any of it done?

Finally he says

Quote:
I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.


And he says this while devoting most of his speech, in rather dishonest rhetoric, trying to scare people into running from John McCain who actually does have a loooooooooooong record of accomplishments, some good, some bad, to back up his rhetoric as to what he can get done.

Yep. Words. Just words. And what record he does have - his voting record - pretty well shoots down any proof of deep conviction in most of them.
ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 11:44 am
@Foxfyre,
I guess it depends on one's experiences. I wasn't inspired by Obama's speech. I was stunned by its fantastic, mind boggeling, demagogic and compelling dramatization of prevarications. It was nerely as compelling as the demagoguery of Adolf Hitler's speeches. Hitler too was very successful in converting an intelligent crowd into a mindless herd eager to do his bidding.

Obama's speech changed my mind. He is not an ignoramus. Obama is a very dangerous person.

I'll have more to say after additional study of his speech.
Ramafuchs
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 12:55 pm
@Foxfyre,
Your question is hypothetical.
Does anyone care behind the border of USA who is sitting in a House which is called White house?
your country#s system is falg waving patirotic corporate controlled commercial criminal system.
None will change . Not even the person who speaks better English.
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 03:30 pm
@ican711nm,
This segment of Obama's speech is but one illustration of its demagoguery.

Quote:
It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.

For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy " give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is, you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. You're on your own.

That's the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.

But what I will not do is suggest that the senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism.


Ramafuchs
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 03:44 pm
@ican711nm,
This segment of Obama's speech is but one illustration of its demagoguery.

Be not hasty to asses the intention of one who strive hard and unite USA.
Usa= united state of Amnesia
Here is a conservative ( not a communist like me) who reveals the American mentality.
Take time and read twice.
the link
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9615
ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 04:31 pm
@Ramafuchs,
Quote:

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9615
So long as we embrace " or even tolerate " the idea that the president is the guardian of our national soul, we have little right to complain about our burgeoning Imperial Presidency.

YES!
Ramafuchs
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 04:33 pm
@ican711nm,
Unfortunately sir
i have to make some deep research tospeak with all the regluar intellectuals here.
But as a rational person i w assure you that i will bring some food for thoughts who are hungry in this forum.
Rama
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 04:49 pm
@ican711nm,
The pilgrims that came to America in 1620 were collectivists like today's communists. All property was collectively owned. By the end of 1621 half had died. Then they decided to distribute what property they had left ,and still held in common, on a per person basis ... a family of five got five times what a family of one got. Then they became profit seekers. They grew and prospered with some accumulating more property and others accumulating less, but year after year all far better off than before the initial distribution.

Appeasing envy is not as productive as encouraging profit.


Foxfyre
 
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Reply Sun 31 Aug, 2008 11:32 am
@ican711nm,
ican711nm wrote:

Quote:

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9615
So long as we embrace " or even tolerate " the idea that the president is the guardian of our national soul, we have little right to complain about our burgeoning Imperial Presidency.

YES!



I just read this post again, Ican, and this time had time to follow the link. What a thought provoking essay this is!!!

I have been guilty of being one who thinks the President's primary job is to set the tone, the moral agenda, the theme of government. And now, in the twilight years of my life, based on this one essay, I am rethinking that. I may retain some of the convictions I previously held, but I am almost certain they will be at least amended.

Two other phrases, in addition to the one you posted, caught my eye:

Quote:
But make no mistake: Both parties view the president as our national guardian and redeemer, a figure entrusted with the care of America's very soul.


and

Quote:
If soul-nourishing is part of the president's job, what isn't?


The link again:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9615
Ramafuchs
 
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Reply Sun 31 Aug, 2008 11:53 am
@Foxfyre,
Thanks f to quote easy chair intellectuals infested with ideal world.
Of course i read those threads.
As a human- HUMAN -who wish to spread the message of MLK
i get disgusted with your choice.
ican711nm
 
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Reply Sun 31 Aug, 2008 02:45 pm
@Ramafuchs,
You, Ramafuchs, appear to be disgusted with we people who want less from government, and advocate that we all must want and take less from government to preserve our indicvidual life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

If you are disgusted with such as us, why?

What do you want?
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Sun 31 Aug, 2008 03:09 pm
@ican711nm,
A RARE OBAMA TRUTH
Quote:
if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OBAMA IS DOING

All too often the bad guy accuses the good guy of what the bad guy is actually doing.
Quote:
next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On Nov. 4, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough."

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But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.


 

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