Every six months or so I feel myself inexplicably pulled back to my goth music roots, and I spend a bit of time on the internets searching out info on old bands I remember liking. The desire eventually dies away when I check my bank statement and realize I still can't afford to buy the albums recommended to me by Joachim in college. But that wheel keeps turning and we're back to that place again. Still no money, and I find myself in a place where I no longer want the complete works of Peter Murphy or Love and Rockets. I'm in a different head-space now and am looking for a different sort of music. Enter Dead Can Dance, a band I found too slow for my tastes when J. initially tried to introduce me to them back in '97 but now find intriguing and, dare I say, exciting. Here are a few links to tunes on YouTube I can't get enough of:
Rakim
American Dreaming
So, how excited is everyone about tomorrow? I asked "HOW EXCITED IS EVERYONE ABOUT TOMORROW?!?!" Think about it... It's an historic day, no matter your political affiliation. We have lived to see the first Hawaiian become President of the United States! But seriously, the fullfillement of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. The fullfillment of an experiment that began 233 years ago. The fullfillmentof those ancient cries for true freedom and equality. We can be the greatest nation this planet has ever seen, but tomorrow is not the end, merely the begining. We must now be ever vigilent not to slip back to a dark place, held by elitists and powerful people seeking only their own fortunes at the expense of others. This is a great day, a completion of many dreams, but they dreamed too small. We must now create new dreams to strive for, new dreams to seak, new dreams to find. We must look forward and not rest on this great stepping stone into the future.
America now needs a new dream, one as great and far reaching as the dream of Dr. MLK four decades ago. Help me find that new dream by posting comments below on what you think America should strive for next.
And a small disclaimer. I know we haven't reached equality, that we are engaged in two wars abroad, and that America did not suddenly step up and adress all of our faults. I know this, but that isn't the point. The point is to dream of a better world, not to find constant fault with the one we live in. There are many problems President Obama will face in the coming years, but we must look forward another four decades to gain the direction necessary to carry on achieving.
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Good article, I am just glad the neocons are out, man did they drive this country into the ground.
I am not sure that the Neo-Cons will fade away.
The next time a Republican wins the presidency, they will probably attempt to take power. They were very successful with Bush Jr., but hard to say how successful they would be in the future.
Obama seems like a very kind, decent and just man. It is still too early to see how much freedom, equality and justice he will be able to promote as president.
For all the comparisons to Kennedy and Lincoln let just not forget that both men were not only killed but had a number of political setbacks and personal prejudices and limitations.
I really enjoyed his speech today.
The whole school was assembled to watch it. I sat in the back so I could hide my tears from the students. I wore a tie today with a small Obama tie-pin, I hope I don't get fired.
The oath will likely go down in history as the most awkwardly bumbled swearing-in in US history. Though I don't know if that is necessarily true. I'll have to do some research.
I sure am glad I decided to stay at your apartment and help you pack that day last winter rather than go 'see' Candidate Obama speak. It would likely have a been a disappointment and somehow screwed up the space-time continuum, eventually leading to his defeat. As it happened, it only lead to going up and down your stairs about 25 times carrying boxes and a late night driving up North. In the long run I'm not sure which one is worse and as they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.
On a side note: When do you suppose the software companies are going to send out the Obama patch to fix the automatic spell checkers which insist that I must have made a mistake and that I meant to type Osama or Obadiah?
Maybe they have updated it by now and the school where I work just doesn't have the latest version?
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