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Check Out This Salute

Mike — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:48:56 +0000

Obama Salutes

Congratulations, Mr. President. You’re the first President that I can remember who could render a proper military salute.

If you’re going to honor the fallen, you might as well do it right.

Way to go!

Recent Thoughts

Mike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:41:08 +0000

I’ve been trying to decide what to make of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech a week ago Thursday before the Democratic National Convention.

First let me say that I thought the speech was dynamite. Obama is a first class orator and he was superb in his delivery. And even though he was criticized by some for lack of detail in his plans, I thought he had plenty of detail for an acceptance speech.

Like others, my first view of Obama was during his keynote address to the DNC in 2004. His message of “were all Americans” was inspiring. I thought, “This guy is destined for great things in politics.” I admired his bent to statesmanship instead of the same old party politics that punctuates most political activities. Good idea. Let’s cooperate and accomplish the stuff that America needs. Let’s all do it together.

Four years later and some of the idealism and statesmanship have been traded for the politics of getting elected. I understand the need for this, yet I long for the old Obama. And I don’t hold this against him. I hope, that if he is elected, he can return to his place as one who calls for us to rise above ourselves for the good of America.

Bill Hits the Home Run

Mike — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:46:24 +0000

What Hillary lacked in support for Barack, Bill Clinton supplied. Bill actually endorsed Barack for President. Hillary’s speech was an, “It’s all about me,” speech. Bill’s was, “Obama’s ready to be President,” speech–in spite of all the things he’s slammed Obama during the primaries. Clinton is a pro and he showed it tonight.

Beloit Freshman List

Mike — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:57:33 +0000

Beloit Freshman List: Beloit College has published its annual list about this year’s freshman class. Here are some of the highlights regarding the class of 2011, born in 1989:

Born the year the Berlin Wall fell.
Humvees have always been available to the public.

Have never “rolled down” a car window.
Have grown up with bottled water
Nelson Mandela has always been free and a political force in South Africa
Pete Rose has never played baseball
Russia has always had a multi-party political system
The year they were born a Harvard Law Review editor named Barack Obama announced he might some day run for office.
U2 has never brought to mind a spy plane
They first met Jack Nicholson as “the Joker”
Fox has always been a major network
Time has always worked with Warner
MTV has never featured music videos
They are more informed by John Stewart and Stephen Colbert than the newspaper
The world wide web has been an online tool since they year they were born
Dilbert has always been ridiculing cubicle culture
They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcom X from Spike Lee
Class mates include: Michelle Wie; Jordin Sparks; and Bart Simpson