I'm here because I'm committed to making my country and the world a better place for my children, my grand children and all children--not only of this country, but the world. They deserve it and so do I. And if you don't think that I'll be on Obama's case day and night after he moves into the White House, then you don't know me. He WILL be progressive.
I want nothing less than a REAL democracy that represents ordinary Americans and I'm not about to settle for anything less.
Here is part of my latest screen saver to remind me in case I forget--a drawing that children of parents who are working at the Obama Dallas center drew.
Why I support Barack Obama: Senator Barck Obama inspires hope for America by fundamentally changing politics, changing America, and changing the world. I attended Camp Obama in Chicago the week of June 18, 2007 with guest speaker Judge Abner Mikva, who I supported in 1972 for Congress against the odds in the district held by Donald Rumsfeld. I learned that "Getting Out The Vote (GOTV)" makes the difference in elections. I support Senator Barack Obama as the only serious, incorruptible Democratic candidate, who has the JUDGMENT to LEAD and will restore America's place in the world and faith in our government as the next President of the United States. I am a twenty-five year veteran of the United States Coast Guard and ran for Congress against Bush-Republican incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
JUDGMENT to LEAD demonstrated in the remarks of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq, October 02, 2002: . . . "I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of Al Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars. . . . So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the President today. You want a fight, President Bush? . . . Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings. You want a fight, President Bush? . . . Let's fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells. You want a fight, President Bush? . . . Let's fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn't simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil. Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair. . . . The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not -- we will not -- travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain." . . . -Remarks of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq, October 02, 2002, demonstrating his JUDGMENT to LEAD
Of course it is a complex issue and there are many factors to be considered, but I think that one of the primary ones is that too many Americans gave up too early and "could not be bothered."
We the people started out with a big bang in protesting Iraq--much faster and stronger than we did with Vietnam. With Vietnam the protests began small and gradually build up over the years.
In the case of Iraq, we the people began with a bang and then "petered" out early.
Look at history, people: THIS IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING! WE HAD NOTHING LIKE THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF VIETNAM. Hell, half the American population probably didn't even realize what was happening in the beginnning of the Vietnam war. This was not the case in 2003.
ON MARCH 22, 2003, two days after the start of the bombing campaign that began the US-led invasion of Iraq, more than 100,000 people took to the streets of New York City in protest. At a rally there the month before, organizers had claimed that a crowd of 350,000 had shown up, and twice in the previous six months tens of thousands of antiwar protesters had rallied on the National Mall in Washington against what already seemed an inevitable war. In mid-February, one million antiwar protesters had marched in London and another million in Rome. And in the invasion's opening weeks, American antiwar activists promised to continue their own fight with a campaign of civil disobedience: In San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston, traffic slowed to a halt as protesters blocked major intersections, waiting to be hauled away by police.
Read More »I thought this was America.
Amnesty international is asking me to support a drive to "account" for the Blackwater killings. These are terrorists hired by the the state dept. to protect, well... all our dignitaries (Condoleeza Rice for example) It seems the United State's military is otherwise engaged.
Now, if you are a soldier it is your responsibilty to determine the victim deserved your fire, or suffer legal retribution from US, but... it seem the rules ain't the same for the bosses. Not unique i guess...
So here we are with murder on our hands; and we have to wait for an international whistle-blower to borrow money from me, so Y'all can be convinced to decide about making our government obey the law.
'K didn't swear :o)
Peace!
Louie
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