"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of the nation, yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights, yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westwards against an unforgiving wilderness, yes we can. It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way to the promised land, yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can. We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to the crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of L.A. And so tomorrow, as we take the campaign south and west, as we learn that the struggles of the textile workers in Spartanburg, SC, are not so different as the dishwasher in Las Vegas, We will remember that there is something happening in America, that we are not as divided as our politics suggest, that we are one people, we are one nation, and together we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea, yes we can."
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Anywho, I've been paying close attention to the campaigning going on in the US the last few months and just thought that I would put that out there, because its pretty cool. It's almost starting to look like the next American president for the first time in history will not be some old white guy. The change would be nice. Even though we aren't Americans, it still matters to us what goes on there, because no matter what it will undoubtedly affect Canada as a nation, as well as the rest of the world.
Some links:
Obama's full speech in Nashua, New Hampshire on Jan. 8/08:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe751kMBwms&feature=related
Video produced by will.i.am making this part of the speech into a song:
http://www.yeswecansong.com (<--REALLY AWESOME.) Obama's official campaign website: http://www.barackobama.com/
And his facebook fan thing... but I don't know if its officially made by him, but its got links to several videos, speeches, things like that:
http://www.facebook.com/barackobama?ref=nf
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