Re: [mukto-mona] Re: newsweek cover story: When Barry Became Barack

You have made my day, Jahed. You have made me smile.  I am still smiling at you warmly.

Yes, I have in fact read what Obama is saying and he is saying what everyone wants to hear. But I didn't have to read anything to know that. I have heard it all many times before. Before I read anything, I could have written his speeches word for word. They displays an Oprah and company philosophy. 

The content of speeches is not, however, the point. The point is how people respond to people who can speak well in public. The fact is some people would hail Obama if he spoke a foreign language.

Yes, actually, I feel the same way about all speeches. They are all meant to impress without the slightest regards to how or when the ideas could ever be implemented. Perhaps, the next step in the evolution of man will be to look at the savior phenomenon and rise above it!!

For millennia, individuals have been making good speeches. The "Sermon on the Mount" is an excellent example. What do good speeches ever achieve? Jesus' followers pay no regard to the "Sermon on the Mount"! Yet, it has gone down in history as a good speech las have "I Have a dream" and the "Gettysburg Address".

I am not campaigning against Obama. I am asking Obama's followers to understand that this guy is a man and only a man. If they understand that he is a man and will act like a man, then support him by all means. It is the blind faith that Obama is different and will do different things that is scary. The blind faith of followers is bound to have a negative impact on him, too, but that is a story for another time.

Ae ever,

Audrey

On 29-Mar-08, at 4:29 AM, "J.A." wrote:

"I have never been able to listen to an Obama speech. His speeches 
typify, even glorify, flavor of the moment."

-Dear Audrey, without ever listening (not sure if you read them 
though) to a speech, how would you even know what merits or demerits 
it might have?

Also, what you have said w.r.t. Obama's speech (sugarcoated purely 
for political purpose- which I would not deny completely), would you 
think same of other historical speeches such as MLK's "I have a 
dream", or Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech--to name only a few?

Regards,
Jahed 

--- In mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com, "Dr Audrey Manning " wrote:
>
> WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/47410
> 
> There is quite a bit of information in the article, When Barry 
Became
> Barack, about Barack Obama and one is tempted to read between the
> lines. It is extremely difficult to make political evaluations
> without a certain amount of personal bias coloring the landscape.
> But another word about why I am wary of Obama:
> 
> One of the things which I can't abide is carefully crafted speeches,
> designed to reel in the fish. I find speeches objectionable because
> I have written them and they all had the same aim in mind... to 
grab
> supporters. At political conventions a popular phase is, "I am going
> to wait for the speeches (before making up my mind). Speeches 
coupled
> with charisma are sure winners... John Kennedy, Pierre Trudeau, 
Billy
> Graham, Jeremiah Wright, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Smith, Jim Jones and
> the list goes on.
> 
> Anyone can write a good speech. One needs only to look to the flavor
> of the moment. And guess what? The hardline politicians don't know 
it
> but the flavor of the moment is togetherness, conflict resolution 
and
> love your neighbor. Even people who have no idea what the words mean
> nor have any intention of implementing them love the words of the
> moment. For that simple reason, I have never been able to listen to
> an Obama speech. His speeches typify, even glorify, flavor of the
> moment.
> 
> The article (When Barry became Barack) is different from the 
speeches
> in that it is a composite of Barack Obama's Black and White life,
> with a bird's eye view of the way others observed him play out the
> role. They (and they live up by the lodge) say that people who 
suffer
> humiliation, perceived or otherwise, in their formative years, go 
on
> to humiliate others in their adult years. Humiliation takes many
> forms... from family abuse to workplace abuse to institutional abuse
> to political abuse, victims get their own back! That potential plus
> the ability to draw people together for whatever cause is what 
should
> be kept in the forefront, no matter how the politics play out. The
> wife of Barack Obama and the Pastor of Barack Obama don't like
> Whites. To tell the truth, they have every reason not to like them
> but that's not the point.
> 
> It certainly looks as if Obama might win the nomination. What 
happens
> after could be anything. That win might set the stage for McCain to
> become President. A split in the Democratic Party would almost
> certainly ensure a Republican win. Are politicians mature enough to
> think about the good of the country? Of course not! Look no further
> than the history of the Liberal Party in Canada, if you want proof.
> The American media have already started to push McCain out in front.
> 
> But aside from all that Obama is he or isn't he stuff, Bush appears
> to be hell bent on invading Iran before he leaves office. Why do I
> think this? Well, first of all he turned his attention to the 
Israeli/
> Palestine affair for the first time in his presidency. Then Cheney
> went to Israel and paid superficial lip service to Palestine while
> saying that Israel has the right to defend itself. While this is
> happening, there is a stepped up attack on the Militias in Iraq. 
Iran
> is supposedly responsible for arming the Militias in Iraq and Hamas
> in Palestine. Then Admiral William Fallon, the top U.S. commander in
> the Middle East recently publicly criticized the Bush
> Administration's Iran policy and resigned his command. At that time
> the Bush administration said Fallon did not resign for that reason
> but the administration did not rule out an attack on Iran.
> 
> Put all this together and ask what are they trying to do? Will 
Israel
> attack Iran? My take is, if the Americans can't start it because of
> political restraints, Israel can.
> 
> Let's hope all this is the rant of a woman who doesn't know what she
> is talking about. This is one time that I hope I am dead wrong in
> what I am thinking. But if I am right, it is another reason for the
> Americans to stick with the Republicans and that is sad indeed.
> 
> Happy thoughts!
> Audrey
>

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