~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Millions filling DC Mall at Daybreak 1.20.09 Crowd Estimate from Sattelite Images, over 2 Million filling 2 square miles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We Are One People.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will be here all day with 6-6...watching with all of you....stop on by...LIVESTREAM LINKS BELOW.....We made it folks...we really made it...Thank you ...all of you ....for Everything you did...We are One People Again... The Inauguration and Speech ( 21 minutes CSPAN)
And Lisa had the Poignant song at her place...."Better Days" Goo Goo Dolls...
"I can See Clearly Now"... Johnny Nash
And Finally the YES WE CAN song..that Gryphen sent me last winter..it had been on Youtube mere hours...and viewed only 200 times...NOW 15,000,000 views later....it gave the Movement a hymn.....based on the Speech in New Hampshire
OUR PRESIDENT.......Our Moment in Time.... Watch as MSNBC Calls it at 11PM and then watch the people Celebrate....really stunning...and yes, it was so right that Keith Olbermann announced it.....
The Obamas Coming to Grant Park on Election Night....and taking the Stage....and President Obama's Victory Speech,
I can't find the Obama Victory Speech on Youtube, but there is plenty of The Victory Parties posted, this one is amazing, this is Spontaneous Partying in the Streets of DC, with people dancing in the Streets and Honking Horns.....cars stopped where they are when they heard the News....amazing.....
Grant Park In Chicago....Celebrating...( very different scene than 1968...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT UPDATES OF ELECTION NIGHT::::: From Wapo Campaign Trail:::"At about 2:15 a.m., there were maybe 1,000 people, possibly more, still going strong. They'd started, many of them, at 14th and U Streets, or in Adams Morgan, or Dupont Circle. Word got around that the White House was the place to be. You didn't need to be told: You could see people streaming in that direction on all the major arteries of town.How long would this last? If there was even a flicker of fatigue in the crowd as the hour grew late, no worries: Reinforcements were on the way. You could hear them far up on the 16th Street, heading south. There were hundreds of them. Call it an even 500. They were Howard University students"....there were soon thousands in the streets celebrating in front of the Whitehouse...2 am on....Bush probally did not get much sleep....And the police stood and watched...and smiled.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Letter Barack Obama Sent to his supporters as he headed over to Grant Park:::: "I'm about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first. We just made history. And I don't want you to forget how we did it. You made history every single day during this campaign -- every day you knocked on doors, made a donation, or talked to your family, friends, and neighbors about why you believe it's time for change. I want to thank all of you who gave your time, talent, and passion to this campaign. We have a lot of work to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next. But I want to be very clear about one thing... All of this happened because of you. Thank you, " Barack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nov. 5th, 9am...early this Wed Am Bob Cesna posted this song...it's perfect.."I can see clearly now, the rain is gone" Johnny Nash::
Some Morning wisdom from Gary Hart , "Great presidents do not emerge form quiet times; they arise in times of chaos and crisis." I went and grabbed ALL the morning papers I could find.... I need sleep....be back later...Much love and gratitude to you all....Welcome to a New America...Our America.
Originally posted 6.5.08 2am We All Have a Dream Now....Let's Honor This Moment....Let's Work Together and Take back the White House....
This Little Boy is Our Future, and now as History was made on Tuesday Night, he can grow up to be Whatever he wants. I rewatched the Obama Nominee Speech on CSpan ( because YouTube was jammed, I did finally find it, thank you TPM, it is posted below.). On Cspan, they panned the audience more and showed people's faces, and it was extraordinary. Those people waited in lines over a mile long, and stood for over 8 hours, and waited 3 hours in the auditoreum. There were 19,000 people in the auditoreum, and 15,000 outside listening to it, together. They all came to be a part of History. As the CSpan Camera panned the faces, I saw Children and young men and mamas with tears, and I realized I too was crying. But not because of a Hunger for the Sixties any longer, but because We are Marching Into a Very Different Future.....Together.We are going to save Our Country and end this Era of this Criminal Regime.....and bring back Our Bill of Rights and Our Constitution. And we are going to give this Little Boy a Better Future....where he can be Anything he wants to be. ********************************** Scroll down and I have the videos up from this week, including the beautiful speech by Senator Obama. I also have a tribute to Robert F.Kennedy . If you click the title, I have linked a beautiful video to the Song "Longer", by Dan Fogelberg, it was my favorite lullaby to sing to my son as a baby.....Have a good Friday, it has been a Historic Week. ********************************* On this Post I have added Robert Rouse's Video, he is so talented, but also insightful, It is amazing,it captures the Energy and Momentum of this Moment....He also has a wonderful post over at Left Of Centrist about Bobby Kennedy that is beautiful.
********************************************* Obama: ONE VOICE Video
From the Streets of Chicago, to Barbershops and House By House....We have come to Know This Man, and Chose Him to lead us out of the Darkness of these Eight Years.....Thank You so much to Everyone....
Barack Obama has clearly shown that he is More Presidential, he has won More States, More Votes, More NEW Voters,More Delegates,More Money, More Endorsements....He has continued to wage a Campaign of the People , by the People, For The People. He has run a Campaign that is Respectful of the People and all that we have suffered and endured the past 8 years.Two weeks ago he was perdicted to lose to Hillary by 20-23%, and he did lose by approximately 10. He has fought long and hard for us, and attempted to keep the focus on the race on us, and The Issues.He is concerned for our Unity as a Nation, and that Healing is needed so we can begin to problem solve all the issues we face.
Hillary may have manuevered a "Win" in Pennsylvania, but her campaign has descended to a Show, a Spectacle.She has shown that Nothing is Beneath her now, Lies, Distortions and Distractions, Defaming Attacks.Obama clearly will continue to have a Two Pronged Battle Battle for the next 6 weeks.He will need our help to continue the Momentum that was started in Pennsylvania, and the gains he has made.We the Voters will have to educate People on Hillary, her Lies, her Desire to Bomb Iran, her Questionable " Experience", and her stability, and lack of character. I am not saying that we should stoop to her level, but we should stand up for Obama, and also make sure people really have looked at her, blog, write to media etc. Obama needs our Voices to help him....the Media seems hellbent to not portray him in the Light of Truth.
Hillary reminds me of the Queen in Alice In Wonderland....Her wrath and narrow vision mean we need to work harder to bring Reason to this Situation...It is up to us to keep Growing this Movement.
We are the Power of this Movement, Our Future is in Our Hands.
"We don't need More Heat in DC, we need More Light " Barack Obama February 2008
"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking" Buddhist Saying.
"Then you come to the edge of all that you know, You must believe in one of two things, there will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings." Anonymous.
"The Power of a Movement lies in the fact it can indeed change the habits of people. This day is not the result of force, but of Dedication, and Moral Persuasion"
****{{{ Click the Title to the Song, I used to sing this to my son as a baby , so he and I still joke and call it "The Wait", it is actually "The Weight" by The Band from the film "The Last Waltz" 1978 .Because to be honest we all are Waiting for this to be Over so we can begin the real battle to the Whitehouse ....Obama vs McShame.....and then seeing Obama sworn in January.}}}****
WE THE PEOPLE have to Never Again Have Leadership that Abandons Our People In Trouble. WE THE PEOPLE have to have a Leader that Will End This Illegal War and Bring Our Troops Home.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* WE THE PEOPLE have to have a Leader that is Willing to listen to Millions of People. WE THE PEOPLE have to have a Leader that Values Our Greatest Resource: Children. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.....
*****EXIT POLL RESULTS OPEN THREAD IN THE COMMENTS BELOW 6PM on ******
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* A Note from Enigma: I just wanted to say Thank You to all of the Voters in Texas,Rhode Island,Vermont, and my adopted state of Ohio. I have lived all over this Country, but Ohio is a special place of hardworking goodhearted people. I have met many wonderful people here, and many that have suffered under this Current Regime, from Lost Jobs, Foreclosed Homes, to Abandoned VETS, to UnInsured to UnderInsured, Ohio has vast damage. In this past month I have met Amazing People, some brought here by the Obama Team,some my remarkable neighbors from the Cleveland area. I just wanted to say Thank You for Everything, I will blog more about the Campaign part after tonight, there is alot to be said for pounding on doors and standing in lines that can feed a soul.And to Barack and Michelle Obama, there are no words for the gratitude and hope that you gave my son and me.....and my neighbors.
*{and to Blogatopia, thank you for your patience and kind support while this battle consumed me.Results will be liveblogged in the Comments....and Click the Title for Some Fine Music, Dixie Chicks Singing Live to JT "Shower the People". I also wanted to let readers know here that I will be bloggin more extensively again on other issues again from Strife in South America to Pakistan to Life Events....Thank you....}*
**** UPDATED AS OF 3AM.WHILE I STILL TRACK NUMBERS, SOMETHING IS WRONG IN OHIO WITH THE NUMBERS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS RELATED TO THE SCANNERS, THE WEATHER, OR ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND EARLY VOTERS NOT BEING COUNTED, BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG, AS OF 3AM THE STATE'S OWN SITE DOES NOT HAVE NUMBERS FOR SOME OF THE MAIN CRUCIAL COUNTIES- MATTER OF FACT IT IS LISTING THEM AS ZERO VOTER TURNOUT, MY COUNTY IS ONE OF THEM, CUYAHOGA. ALSO APPEARING INACCURATE ON THE STATE WEBSITE FRANKLIN, STARK, DARKE, CLERMONT,LAKE, LUCAS, AND FAIRFIELD. THESE SEVEN COUNTIES HAVE OVER 2.5 MILLON REGISTERED VOTERS. I WENT TO TRY TO CHECK MY COUNTY AND I COULD ONLY FIND ON THE STATE WEBSITE THAT LESS THAN WEBSITE 100,000 HAD BEEN CAST FOR DEMS ( 66,000 FOR OBAMA, AND HILL 40,000). YET ON ANOTHER PAGE, THE VOTER TURNOUT PAGE READS ZERO FOR MY COUNTY AS OF 3AM. CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS 974,033 Registered Voters, so I knew that this Number was Wrong.)IF YOU LIVE IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES I NAMED OR BIG CITIES, CINCINATTI, TOLEDO, DAYTON, OR COLUMBUS OR LIVE IN LAKESIDE COUNTIES PLEASE TRY TO SEE IF YOU CAN LOCATE YOUR VOTE, I DID CONTACT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, AND IF YOU LIVE IN SANDUSKY, OR CUYAHOGA OR LAKE COUNTIES WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT BALLOTS RAN OUT ( AS WAS SAID ON THE NEWS- PLEASE DO ALSO REPORT YOUR VOTE TO OBAMA'S VOTER CENTER ON THE WEBSITE.)IF YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE DO REPORT TO THEIR VOTER CENTER, ESP IN OHIO. ( AND MAYBE EVEN TEXAS).
