On such a sacred day, too!
"History and happenstance placed side by side the days America would celebrate King's 80th birthday and the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president"
King would be APPALLED at Obama's SUPPORT of WARS!!
Also see: MSM Misses MLK's Message Again
In Memory of Martin Luther King
"Obama readies call for service, unity" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | January 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Against an emotional backdrop of high promise, deep despair, and extraordinary expectations, Barack Obama will become the nation's 44th president today, completing his historic quest for the White House and beginning the daunting task of leading a nation wounded by wars abroad and economic crisis at home.
On the eve of his inauguration, Obama spent the day doing what he is encouraging all Americans to do: national service.
Read DRAFT, people!!
In the morning, the president-elect made an unscheduled stop at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit with 14 veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Later, he toured a Capitol Hill shelter for homeless and runaway teens, chatting with volunteers and helping paint walls, and then continued to a local high school to greet more than 300 volunteers sending letters and video messages of support to troops overseas.
And while hundreds of thousands of supporters thronged Washington on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to celebrate the swearing-in of the country's first African-American president, Obama kept the day's focus not on the racial breakthrough of his election, but on King's dedication to service.
But NOT in WARS!!!!!!!
Amazing how the focus is always racial when they talk about his accomplishments, but when it comes to service they leave out what I noted!
"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve," Obama said, quoting the slain civil rights leader as he rolled Laguna blue paint on the walls of Sasha Bruce House.
While his administration intends to work hard to help Americans in need, Obama said, "Don't underestimate the power for people to pull together and to accomplish amazing things."
"These young people have huge potential that right now is not being tapped, and given the crisis that we're in and the hardships that so many people are going through, we can't allow any idle hands," he added. "Everybody's got to be involved. Everybody's going to have to pitch in, and I think the American people are ready for that."
Except for WAR-LOOTERS, BANKS, and ISRAEL, right? I want the TAXPAYER MONEY BACK! This the same guy who doesn't want to repeal Bush's tax cuts?
Obama is expected to make public service and sacrifice a strong theme of his inaugural address just after noon today, calling on all Americans to work to solve the nation's problems. Yesterday, thousands of people around the country heeded Obama's call for a day of service.
"I can't do it by myself. Michelle can't do it by herself. Government can only do so much," Obama told military families, students, and other volunteers at Calvin Coolidge High School in northwest Washington. Despite Obama's sober tone, Washington was giddy with excitement yesterday....
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Obama begins his term with a long list of national troubles to address: an economic recession, massive home foreclosures, high unemployment, two wars, a healthcare crisis, and a damaged US image abroad - any one of which could derail his presidency in the first year.
But Obama also starts with a deep reservoir of good will among the public and elected officials in both parties. Recent polls have found that Obama is the most popular incoming president in a generation, with 80 percent of Americans in a
That means we are going to have stuff shoved down our throats thanks to AGENDA-DRIVING MSM POLLS!
Republicans and conservatives, too, are feeling the love....
Oh, please!
Today's inaugural address - which Obama wrote himself and is expected to clock in under 20 minutes - provides a crucial forum for Obama to ask Americans to set aside their differences as well, pulling together to repair the country's wounds, said Steve Grossman, a Newton businessman and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
"Every American who is listening or paying attention [to the speech] has to feel they are personally a shareholder in this administration and in this era," Grossman said. "He has to remind people of their moral and personal obligation as Americans to rise up and give it our best. He should set very high standards for himself, and he should set very high standards for the American people."Yeah, like ENDING the WARS and REVEALING the TRUTH about 9/11!!!
Oh, yeah: Obama Will Still Torture
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