Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a superficial note if this is going to be a Saturday morning tradition he’s gotta start off a little lighter, on the upbeat. You know, ease me into the economic maliaise with a little ”how was your week?” “where are you going for brunch?” Because he is harshing my Saturday morning mellow.
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President-Elect Barack Obama, earnest to hit the ground running, has delivered the first of his weekly Democratic addresses not only in the traditional radio format of FDR’s fireside chats but in an updated YouTube version as well (computer-glow talks perhaps?). Once the radio address is aired on Saturday morning its YouTube counterpart will be posted on [...]
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The freshly dilated patriotism of my last post saw a campaign strategy funded by small donors, ran by volunteers, expanded by technology and to 49 states (sorry Alaska) transferring to the governance of this country and buoyantly called this “new America” inclusive. Though the optimism of a transparent government that treats its citizens like adults [...]
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It’s been a week since Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th president of these United States of America. Since the teeth-gnashing disappointment of past elections built a despondent callus, protecting me from potentially misleading polls, Bradley effect, voter disenfranchisement and the same old same old. Since the Get Out The Vote efforts went into [...]
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I am so overwhelmed!!!
L.Arnell
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I submit my first blog entry on an historic day in this country. I am excited because I believe that we are in the process of electing the first African-American president, not just because he’s black but because I believe in him too. For the first time in the 12 years that I have been [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have spent 15 years, more than half my life, in the States. I have never called myself an American. I have never wanted to call myself one. I was content being the immigrant, the Muslim, the Indian, the Pakistani, whatever, as long as it wasn’t an American. This is not to say that I [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Promising early on to remain politically neutral until the last moment when all is said and done, my dogs Thonet and Annie have broken their tight-lipped silence and endorsed Barack Obama for president of the United States of America.
L.Arnell
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I don’t know that I have any poignant words for the palpable mixture of anxiety, hope and excitement that seems to hang above the country and the world, I can just plead that everyone who has the unique privilege and historic opportunity to vote in this election does so with care and sober reflection. I [...]
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Andrew Sullivan offers an epic closing statement and a refreshed endorsement of Barack Obama for president while reminding us (lest we forget) of the analytical accumen of his year-old “Goodbye to All That”
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