17 Jan, 2009
emotion energy love Obama president the pledge of allegiance.
I promise to stop with the Obamarama…. soon. Not quite yet.
Today, what made me cry, watching the Obama Express whistlestop tour’s stop in Baltimore:
people clapping and yelling for the Pledge of Allegiance. The PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I mean first of all, they knew and recited the words en masse, with feeling, unprompted.
Maybe (probably) I’m overly pollyanna about this but … to me it says, people are proud to be American again. And for some, it’s been a really really long time.
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6 Jun, 2008
barak Chelsea Clinton democrat facebook friending goodbye hello Hilary Hillary Clinton hillary speech Obama politics president primary speech u.s. politics wash WW friends
I have a lot more to say about “friends” as I enter the brave new social media world, where “friends” on various networks mean wildly different things to different people, where importing your contacts into any new communication service can lead to wildly embarrassing events (Uhh, who are you? Uhh, didn’t we go out once and then you never called?).
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