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There’s A Revolution Going On … no comments
For the last six months, but more so in the last six weeks, I’ve had the feeling that there is a revolution going on in our country.
People have been comparing Barack Obama’s run for president to those of JFK and Bobby Kennedy. But I get the feeling, inside me, that this is more like The Revolution of 1776 that created and developed our country. That we are making a break from someone who would be king and moving towards creating the country that we all want to live in, the one we envisioned when we think of dreaming of America.
The other clue is the anxiety level of seemingly every individual in the country at this time. When was the last time that there were this many people involved in an election? You can stop anyone on the street and they are up to date with the latest in political news. Everyone wants the election to be over, so they can finally relax, so they can possibly celebrate, so they can get to work.
My day, which used to be owned by a web site with even more importance to me than this one, has turned to reading twitter posts, Huffington Post, the Washington Post and the New York Times, among others. I follow @BarackObama on twitter. I watch every one of Obama’s stump speeches if I find out that they are happening ahead of time. And when I don’t, I watch them on the BarackObamadotcom channel on YouTube. I read every story, I make my “Neighbor to Neighbor” phone calls to other voters, I keep my personal base up to date. I am not the only one in the country that is acting this way. Even Whoopi said, while on The View, that she wishes the election would be over. It is creating so much anxiety.
A few months ago, when the primaries were sorted out I suggested to everyone that they rent the HBO series John Adams from Netflix. I’m recommending it even more this week.
There’s a revolution going on, and we’re right in the middle of it.
Anti-Muslims At McCain Rally no comments
Amendment 1 – Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Somehow the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech aspects of this amendment got boggled in this example. But my point in posting this video is that we need to examine our fear of things that are different from us. Oh, and also not to spread untruths. The highest bit of living life on the planet is to express truth in all things.