Yes we can

Yes we can change the world. The inspiration from poets, writers, and ordinary Americans is embodied in the call from Obama to believe in ourselves. Maybe now we can confront global warming in addition to the economy, wars, and the human travesties happening all over the world. Obama mania is not focused at Obama -at its heart its us focusing on our own potential to rise above. 

The ability to be more than the sum of our parts. The ability to allow our positive qualities outweigh our negative qualities. This is the message that has transcended politics to cultural phenomena.

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

The fierce urgency of Now

A powerful message presented by candidate Obama. Like many, I am still trying to understand who is this person that we have elected President. America has recaptured the imagination of the world. We must now make good on our promise. Now.

Barack Obama: Incredible Speech!

Obama - This is the moment

Why did so many Germans visit Obama in Germany? I wondered about this and decided to bring the video to the America masses. It is said that Obama is intimately involved with the construction of his speeches. Undoubtedly this is a man who clearly deserves the title of the Great Communicator.

Barack Obama Speech from Berlin, Germany

Race in America

One of the most compelling speeches on race in America. Obama spoke about who we are as a people in March of 2008. The delivery of this powerful message was both honest and encouraging. View the entire speech to understand the reason why this man has inspired hope in America.

Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union'

The face of America

President-elect Obama has inspired Americans and indeed world citizens to hope for change. This is a phenomena that simply required one to watch; although we were all able to participate with our vote. Americans heard the call and voted for change.

Now its time for America to roll up our sleeves and get to work. The sentiment to come together and the hope inspired by Barack Obama is something unlike anything that we have seen before. This is finally our America, its my America and its your America. Perhaps, America has come of age.

Obama promises "we are the ones we've been waiting for..." The ability to envision something better in each of us is a powerful allure. Obama mentioned in his speech on race that we have to be faithful to the notion that what is right in America is greater than that which is wrong with America.

A reminder that good and bad is entwined in humankind. When we look in the mirror and try to conquer that which is evil using that which is good from within. These are powerful symbols that bring hope to America and the world.

Now that the election is over I think it is important to bring the news of Obama to the 46% of the people who have been prevented from the full measure of this person. As our President those who voted for him are now responsible to ensure that change is delivered and hope fullfilled.

We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am - Obama

Just the facts - Clean politics

Image by Trois Têtes (TT) via FlickrThere is an interesting little site in cyberspace that deals in just the facts. The website debunks misrepresentations, cheap tricks including misquotes related to political campaigns. The website is known as factcheck.org.

A sign of reason?

Image via WikipediaA sign of reason recently appeared among the independent reporters from the www.ireport.com website. Like many when politics is discussed a lot of irrational judgments, anger and fear-mongering begin to appear as a vast amount of rhetoric is spouted. In a time when America needs to husband its strengths we are seeing citizens as never before exercise their freedom of speech.

One such person really presented his thoughts in an extremely clear way that doesn't attempt to feed into the partisianship which so often precedes and election. At a time when our economy is in serious need of executive action; we are in the midst of two wars and continuing to see signs of other national powers rising to threaten our soverignty. Our country is at a cross roads where conditions are aligned to allow us to rise to the surface or succumb to the challenges which once again face us as a nation.

Enter a voice of reason that postulates questions of concern and provide glimpses of that sanity which we all hope is brewing below the surface of our bombastic democracy.

http://www.ireport.com/people/TheDimmitt