That feels good.
Jan. 20th, 2009 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Highlights for me: shoutouts to "non-believers," acknowledging the importance of science in making improvements to the economy, and the promise (presumably to Iran, North Korea, et al.): "We will extend a hand if you unclench your fist."
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Date: 2009-01-20 05:57 pm (UTC)Yesterday I played the Will.i.am "Yes We Can" song over and over and my eyes watered up every time he said "But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."
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Date: 2009-01-20 09:39 pm (UTC)I liked the "To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy" part.
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Date: 2009-01-20 11:50 pm (UTC)We high-fived at the "science" part, and gave a little cheer for getting some recognition that even if you don't believe in god, you are still a citizen!
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Date: 2009-01-21 12:07 am (UTC)I took the "non-believer" reference to be his not-yet-fully-informed way of acknowledging those of us who are either atheists or just not spiritually of the Abrahamic ilk. . .
And we have time to clue him in on that one.
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Date: 2009-02-03 04:21 pm (UTC)I hope he comes to realize that was an inadvertent slap, and to become more genuinely accepting. The Warren choice, and that together . . . I hate to rain on the parade. But it is so hard for them to accept that other ways are equally valid.
Frith,
M the ever-belated
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Date: 2009-01-21 12:40 am (UTC)a very intelligent speech.
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