Reading the Green Mountain leftie blogs these days in the state that turned blue for Obama before any other on election night, one can feel all of that “hope” and “change” sentiment bleeding out of their keyboards and into the chilly floor …. As I’ve acknowledged here over the past several months, Barack Obama’s personal story is deeply moving, and his soaring rhetoric on the campaign trail have inspired many at a time when all Americans are looking for some hope. …

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President Barack Obama is widely praised as a pragmatic thinker, but “pragmatism” is ambiguous and often misunderstood. Sometimes the word is used to mean abandoning principles for the sake of political expediency or defending the status quo, but the American pragmatist …Change was the main theme of Obama’s campaign for president, and he persuaded the majority that we need new ways of thinking in order to solve our global economic, political and environmental problems. …

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When I started this blog, I was in the midst of a 17-month long campaign where I volunteered for Hillary. I knew and I STILL KNOW that she would have been the BEST PRESIDENT THIS COUNTRY EVER HAD!! Now that the nomination was STOLEN from her, …. But they were inspired human beings who believed deeply in the power of nonviolent resistance to injustice as a tool for social change. Because of their courage, commitment, and vision, this nation has witnessed a nonviolent …

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Lawyers for the Guantánamo detainee whose case we documented in a previous episode of Boing Boing Video are appealing directly to Barack Obama to release classified information about his treatment while in US custody. … Hmmm it does seem that President Obama’s tune has changed a lot from the promises of the campaign trail…I also hope that this is one he makes good on. We don’t need incompetent intelligence officials…and if they are competent they would know how …

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During campaign season, despite the media’s focus on the color of his skin and nontraditional upbringing, it was Obama’s platform that convinced me he was the best candidate for presidency. The hope for change he offered - an offer that …

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CNN’s Kyra Phillips marked the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth on Thursday’s American Morning by harkening back to Barack Obama’s decision to announce his candidacy for president on the steps of the Old State Capitol Building in … PHILLIPS: Obama, a law professor and civil rights lawyer, inspired by what took place in this law office centuries ago. Lincoln, the lawyer — a strong orator with a sense of morality, open to new ideas, listening to his critics. …

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Over the last few months, I have felt a strong urge, and almost responsibility, to share with my friends why the Obama campaign and presidency meant and mean so much to me. However, each time I’ve attempted to ….. It will undoubtedly be a relay race until that final moment, and Barack Obama stirred each of us to seize back the baton. With this opportunity, each of us inherits a responsibility. To act. To listen. To empathize and care. President Obama is not a panacea. …

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Other Presidents have outlined unity and change for America in their speech, but now more than ever, Americans are looking for an out, an end to the burden of recession and the hopelessness that goes along with it. … Watching this inauguration inspired hope and a fresh outlook on the future. Obama has a contagious smile and speaks eloquently from what seems like the depths of his heart. Being religious and therefore conservative, I had doubts about Obama’s …

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Volunteers who originally got together while working on President Barack Obama’s election campaign are set to hold a pair of community meetings Feb. 24 and 28 to teach residents ways to keep themselves and their property safe as well as … Anne Keller, 43, is a Grandview resident who worked on the campaign and now is an organizer for the group. “We were all kind of inspired by (Obama’s) message of ‘we instead of me’ and how we should work together to make things better …

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Amber Cummings reportedly told police that her husband was “very upset” over Barack Obama being elected president, had been in contact with white supremacist groups, and that he’d been mixing chemicals in their kitchen sink while talking … Thirty years ago The Clash, Steel Pulse, Misty n Roots, TRB inspired a generation to stand up for Rock against Racism. Three decades on Philosophy Football’s redesign of the original RAR logo is for those new and old to the militant …

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