tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post6027783443870072440..comments2023-09-07T01:46:58.215-07:00Comments on Active Voice: And then came President Obama, the Stone of Hope...Annie Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002716362243335338noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post-79294534913593491932009-01-22T07:06:00.000-08:002009-01-22T07:06:00.000-08:00Thanks Annie for capturing this moment in time so ...Thanks Annie for capturing this moment in time so sensitively yet rationally. Yes history was made and we are indeed fortunate that now our cynicism and despair can be questioned because the improbable has come to be perhaps the impossible too will become possible. I was really impressed that President Obama chose to make his inauguration speech far reaching yet down to earth, it must have been a temptation to wax eloquent and leave us with quotable quotes. What the speech lacked in poetry and drama it made up in substance and the flavor of the coffee we are beginning to smell (pun unintended but recognized)!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849904008145574899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post-6845524121194047372009-01-21T15:01:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:01:00.000-08:00Thanks. C-wallah. Tagged? a wha dat mean please?an...Thanks. C-wallah. <BR/><BR/>Tagged? a wha dat mean please?<BR/><BR/>and yes, tho in Ja leaders of the same colour as gen pop came pretty late--Annie Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002716362243335338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post-68869094824476980722009-01-21T12:53:00.000-08:002009-01-21T12:53:00.000-08:00Hey, really nice one. It's so amazing that it's ta...Hey, really nice one. It's so amazing that it's taken this long, we in the Caribbean are so lucky in that respect, we've had leaders who were the same hue as us for a long time. We understand that it is not the colour of man's skin that makes him, it is what he stands for, his ethics and his beliefs.<BR/><BR/>BTW, you've been tagged.Coffeewallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228343389102105377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post-8546808876671671452009-01-21T04:38:00.000-08:002009-01-21T04:38:00.000-08:00Ruthi,please make a post within my post anytime! s...Ruthi,<BR/><BR/>please make a post within my post anytime! still celebrating your return--just in time for this inauguration to boot.<BR/><BR/>yes, now you have your own piece of history, that's true, never thought of that from the point of view of younger gen. yu see why i appreciate yr viewpoint so much?Annie Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002716362243335338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953848556540874315.post-29258850534190923142009-01-20T17:32:00.000-08:002009-01-20T17:32:00.000-08:00Happy inauguration Annie!! :-D I've been grinning ...Happy inauguration Annie!! :-D I've been grinning like an idiot all day... nonsensically, hysterically, because I'm happy to the 44th power!<BR/><BR/>I'm too young to even begin to imagine the euphoria of the lucky people who saw MLK's 'I Have A Dream' speech live. And I've always envied those persons who lived through some of the most awe-inspiring, and historically significant events in black history. But now (!!), I'm getting my own little piece of history, and it is not something as grotesque and saddening as the 9/11 bombing... It's actually one of 'those' moments. One of those events that I have heretofore only read about: <B>I will not lose even a second of it...</B> I am drinking it all in with heady, intoxicating pride, because twenty years from now, <I>I</I> will be one of those people who saw it happen... teehee!! I'm finally in on one of history's big secrets... I too now have the inside scoop, and can tell other people that I saw it happen! I watched it live!!<BR/><BR/>I seriously hope though, that people realise how <I>human</I> Barack Obama is. As much as we'd love to think it, he is not the Almighty Messiah. He is still just a man. And what's more, he's inherited the biggest mess in US history! It will take a whole lot more than moving speeches and lofty ideals to fix that!! I really hope people realise this (and I say this sadly because I already <I>know</I> that many don't).<BR/><BR/>Before Obama, I wasn't interested in American politics beyond the point where it affected Jamaica and the Caribbean (and occasionally Venezuela). But now I am. I will be watching to see what changes Obama makes, how effective his method of governance will be, how the American people and the world will respond... America only just really got <I>my</I> attention!<BR/><BR/>As you rightly said, only time will tell if Obama is all that he now seems to be. I'm willing to wait and see... In fact, I'm waiting to see...<BR/><BR/>PS If Barack could turn water to rum, that would be the feat to beat for the century!! LOL. But then, considering Jamaica's ailing sugar cane industry, we certainly don't need <I>that</I> competition to contend with!<BR/><BR/>I feel like I've talked myself into a stupor, and I really could go on and on... but I don't want to make a post within your post, so I'll put a lid on it now.<BR/><BR/>Happy inauguration, Annie!! :-D Yes we did!ruthibelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478877906463303463noreply@blogger.com