I needed a second blog to talk politics so here I am! These are my thoughts about our President and my hopes for our countrys future. I am a progressive and I don't see anything wrong with saying "forever Democrat". Seems the word Liberal is becoming taboo, but call me liberal or progressive, I am a lefty and Proud of it!
The president praised the House action Friday, and called on Congress to act swiftly to get the bill to the White House for his signature.
"The crisis from which we are still recovering was born not only of failure on Wall Street, but also in Washington," Obama said. "We have a responsibility to learn from it and to put in place reforms that will promote sound investment, encourage real competition and innovation and prevent such a crisis from ever happening again. "
Not a single repub voted yes for the bill. I guess they don't like oversight and regulations imposed on big banks and Wall St. firms. Hmmmmm, I guess they don't care about protecting Main St. from the reckless behavior of Wall St. Typical.... Rethugs think they have a plan, vote NO on everything important to dems and Obama and if all fails they will be off the hook. They think this spells victory for them in 2010 but look out rethugs, it's all gonna backfire on you! The people know what you are doing, it's all political for you, you care NOTHING about this country and the good people. We ARE NOT STUPID. We are aware of the games you play!
Nancy Pelosi says the House is sending a clear message to Wall St., "THE PARTY IS OVER"
I loved the speech, I loved the look on his face, he was humbled and moved. Today I am very proud of you Mr. President. If you so choose, you can read the speech on any of the news websites. Here are a few passages that I felt stood out explaining his views on war...
" I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems of war. What I do know is that meeting these challenges will require the same vision, hard work, and persistence of those men and women who acted so boldly decades ago. And it will require us to think in new ways about the notions of just war and the imperatives of a just peace.
We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth that we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations - acting individually or in concert - will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.
I make this statement mindful of what Martin Luther King said in this same ceremony years ago - "Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones." As someone who stands here as a direct consequence of Dr. King's life's work, I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there is nothing weak -nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.
But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason."
He also spoke about the mistakes from the Bush/Cheney administration, torture and what it did to our reputation around the globe...
"Let me make one final point about the use of force. Even as we make difficult decisions about going to war, we must also think clearly about how we fight it. The Nobel Committee recognized this truth in awarding its first prize for peace to Henry Dunant - the founder of the Red Cross, and a driving force behind the Geneva Conventions.
Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And even as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules, I believe that the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from those whom we fight. That is a source of our strength. That is why I prohibited torture. That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions. We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not just when it is easy, but when it is hard."
One of my favorites...
"The non-violence practiced by men like Gandhi and King may not have been practical or possible in every circumstance, but the love that they preached - their faith in human progress - must always be the North Star that guides us on our journey.
For if we lose that faith - if we dismiss it as silly or naïve; if we divorce it from the decisions that we make on issues of war and peace - then we lose what is best about humanity. We lose our sense of possibility. We lose our moral compass."
This speech is the Barack Obama I admire so much. Yes, today I am so proud of our President!
For your viewing pleasure I bring you Hannity slobbering all over Dick, what a fuckin Dickhead, how dare he keep talking like he IS somebody important!
I'm pissed, I can't bring myself to talk about the latest news with HC reform, or what's left of the so-called reform. I'm not going to talk about it til the bill is complete because it changes day by day. So no use getting upset about dems pussy footing and caving to BigPharma and insurance companies. It's mindboggling what dems are doing to their base, it's fuckin shocking and I'm not gonna talk about it! We keep hearing the few progressives say they aren't giving up, they will fight til the end, well fight for what??? It's obvious Obama and the few obstructionist dems don't want a public option, It's obvious lobbyists are writing the bill with the approval of President Obama, so what can I say anyway?? I have signed all the petitions from my inbox, I have called my senators, I have emailed the White House, so fuck it, I'm not gonna talk about it!!
BTW, this is from Obama to ME!! Susanne --
As we head into the final stretch on health reform, big insurance company lobbyists and their partisan allies hope that their relentless attacks and millions of dollars can intimidate us into accepting the status quo.
So I have a message for them, from all of us: Not this time. We have come too far. We will not turn back. We will not back down.
But do not doubt -- the opponents of reform will not rest. So I need you, the members of Organizing for America, to fight alongside me.
We must continue to build out our campaign -- to spread the facts on the air and on the ground, and to bring in more volunteers and train them to join the fight. I urgently need your help to keep Organizing for America's 50-state movement for reform going strong.
Please donate $5 or whatever you can afford today:
I recall republicans crying and whining, saying tax cuts for small business is the way to go, and now that President Obama is proposing just that(a new tax cut for small businesses that hire in 2010) plus an elimination for one year of the capital gains tax on profits from small business investments, they are STILL CRYING!! What the hell do these guys want?? Bonehead Boehner is a friggin blowhard and needs to get his head straight before he comes out in public criticizing the president. Stimulating the economy for job growth means spending, sorry rethugs but we have no intentions of going backwards and doing it your way again, so cry all the tears you want!
Leslie asked for some nekked men pics, so here ya go girlfriend, enjoy! Lenny Kravitz looking mighty FINE!! What?? What sunglasses, I didn't see any sunglasses...
Sorry guys, my internet connection was down all day and I didn't get any news to report, so enjoy the view...
Fifteen mature environmental activists -- age 44 to 78 -- took off their clothes for a fund-raising 2010 calendar called Women Sustaining the Earth.
"It took a while to get used to the idea,'' said 74-year-old Shirley Freeman, a former mayor and commissioner of Monroe County. ``I've always tried to present myself as professional and with good judgment. But this is a different side of me I really never have explored. And, it's for a good cause.''
The original 500 calendars have been sold -- raising $8,000 for the "community garden'' fund of the nonprofit organization Green Living & Energy Education. But organizers are willing to print more if there's a demand.
This is from Common Dreams.org. Would you call it porn? Alot of commentors are calling it that, Hmmmmm, must be alot of conservatives, hypocritical conservatives...
Call it what you will, it's for a great cause, a leftist cause. Yes we do love our trees and our earth. Earth Day's upcoming 40th birthday is in April, HUG A TREE!
To further educate you on the Obama administrations accomplishments in just 10 short months, BJ at Demwit has put together a list of 90, a list compiled by a Ph.D. It took her 5 hours to type so please go by and read! (and comment too!)
It's on her sidebar, sorry my linky thingy isn't working out!
From now on every time I see or hear the word liberal used in a demeaning way I will call that person out. So you may call me a Liberal and I will answer with pride and never apologize for being tolerant, open to new ideas, charitable, and having no prejudice. Almost everything that has made this country the envy of the world has been based on liberal principles and enacted into law by liberals. darleneshodgepodge.blogspot.com
SMILE
It makes the republicans suspicious!
Alan Grayson
Democrat with a Backbone!
Barack Obama - CONFIDENCE by springhill2008.
"Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he got those missiles out of Cuba. Why shouldn't we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That's what strong countries do, that's what strong presidents do, that's what I'll do when I'm president of the United States of America."
Barack Obama
