The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a “political process that is broken” and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people.
–Daphne Durham (amazon.com)
| When Senator Robert F. Kennedy entered the presidential race during the chaotic year of 1968, anarchy appeared to be gathering on the horizon. America was coming to grips with an unwinnable war in Vietnam and unacceptable social policies at home. The Last Campaign examines Kennedy’s bold (and tragically shortened) efforts to awaken his country’s social conscience and moral sensibility. In contrast to the cocksure attitude of Thirteen Days (RFK’s own 1962 memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis), Thurston Clarke reveals a very human politician who often trembled at the podium and scanned crowds for an assassin’s glare. Though motivated to serve by an unwavering desire to help the poor and oppressed, Kennedy also lived with a deep fear that his life would be cut short by violence. “I’m afraid there are guns between me and the White House,” he prophetically remarked during the spring of ‘68. Yet The Last Campaign chooses not to explore what could have been. Instead, Clarke focuses on what is certain: for an 82-day period, Kennedy “convinced millions of Americans that he was a good man, perhaps a great man.” –Dave Callanan |
The finding came after battles over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, climate change, internet freedom and human rights which have poisoned relations in the three months since President Barack Obama made a fruitless visit to Beijing. …. It’s still amazing to me that Hillary agreed to be on his cabinet as SecState–this is inevitably going to get pinned on her somehow for not keeping Obama on the ball with China, even taking the President’s Bandung-inspired Third Worldism into …
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Change: the only thing that changed was the name on the mailbox at the White House. Hope: we hoped that the “people” would finally come first in Washington but Wall Street, big banks and lobbyists of every cause were the #1 concern in 2009. ….Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might …
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I PRAY for a Palin Presidential campaign. It would be a godsend to split the Republican party like that. Buck up, dear progressives. This is not a serious threat. We need to focus on what we bring to the game, and let the republicans dither …. I hope he has a happy and fulfilled life regardless of who his parents are. Karma can be a bitch and bite you personally in the ass at any moment. Not cool people, grow up. Posted by linda with a y on February 7, 2010 at 7:15 PM …
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They can impact and influence the world and affect real change,” says Jones. “One Young World gives them a platform to enact the positive change they seek; it allows the next generation of world leaders to have a voice today and actually begin … Congratulations to all the delegates at this summit. I hope you remain inspired and committed to your various causes and help, not just your country but also the world. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:05 AM on 2/08/2010 …
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This is a man who has inspired millions in the West to see a spiritual alternative while failing to gain any serious support for his cause. And what is he asking for? Merely greater autonomy. That’s it. This is what the President … This is your chance, Barack Obama, to inspire hope by finally doing something. Don’t let the Chinese thugs threaten you. Meet with the Dalai Lama, support the Tibetan cause, and stand up to your bankers in Beijing for the sake of our values. …
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Rotorbrain: Color Theory and Other Interactivities. Rotorbrain: Color Theory and Other Interactivities Hope–Fear Meter seems relevant today. Felt Flames. Felt Flames Inspired by Josef and Anni Albers …. Art in a Changing Climate. Art in a Changing Climate Rising Tide of Eco-Art ….. Shepard Fairey. Shepard Fairey The making of a campaign poster … Barack Obama. Barack Obama Be sure to vote! …
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Barack Obama (D-Ill.) secured his party’s nomination in June, his tightly knit campaign message began to fray at the edges. Critics from across the political spectrum charge that Obama has shifted to the center or right on a host of issues, … Progressives, whose hopes for Obama grew from his early opposition to the war in Iraq, and the youthful movement his candidacy inspired, wondered how much they could trust him on Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, …
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With Barack Obama embroiled in a domestic political battle, powerful advocates like Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown likely soon to exit the stage and European leaders notably reticent in Copenhagen, it is hard to see where the political ….. A prediction ? much, much more hysteria, a stepped up more strident fear campaign, slogans like “the world’s” (ie, socialism’s) last chance” …but… after climate change reappraisal; an unholy alliance between the marxists of the …
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