My friends today is a GUH-LOR-EEE-US day! For three days we lost the ability to get online for absolutely no reason. But this morning the connection was back. YIPEEE!!! It also appears as if the writers strike is coming to a close. SUHWEEET!!! But most importantly we here in Washington spoke out yesterday for change and for hope and for our future. REPRESENT!!!!
I was among the throngs of people that participated in yesterdays caucus. The turnout was enourmous. It's really good to see so many people taking part in our political process. Eight years of outrage has its benifits I suppose. The downside to such a huge turnout is that it turns these things into a bit of a clusterfuck. My precinct alone attempted to fit 42 people around a table that could only hold 10 or so. The other downside to the whole deal was that everyone had something to say. As Al Pacino has been known to say "we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore".
As most of you already know Mr. Barack Obama claimed a decisive victory here in Washington state. It has become obvious to me that this country believes that at this moment in our history we as citizens have an oportunity to affect real change. Yes We Can! Yes We Can! Yes We Can...
And now here it is YOUR CLIP OF THE YEAR. And yes that is the hotness that is Scarlett Johansson singing along in the background
The lyrics are a little tough to understand in spots so...
Yes We Can lyrics
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop 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 a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; 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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