Yes, we can (or did)
Mar 11th, 2009 by Micheal Espinola Jr
This was originally written on February 8, 2008. I recently got back into the notion of blogging, and surprised myself when I found this buried at the bottom of my draft posts.
The Yes We Can song, by will.i.am
I found this to be very moving… Almost as moving as the original speech it is based on. Having watched various documentaries that have reflected upon Dr. Martin Luther King’s power in spoken words for a better society, and the tragic loss of the dream that he tried to share with us all – I’ve grown up in a society that has become increasingly cynical, distrusting, and disenfranchised from what was the American Dream – myself included.
Listening to Barack Obama speak has been inspirational for me. He is the only living political or social figure in my lifetime to make me feel that there is still hope for this country – a hope that we can overcome and fix what is wrong in our society, as well as how we behave as people on a planet that we share with others.
I like to think I look past the boundaries of political parties, and judge people for the values and decisions that they have and will make. I hope in my lifetime I can see the two party system abolished. I think that the current party system intentionally divides people that would do better to come together in solidarity for improving our great land as well as our lives.
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Reading this now, after the election, after the start of “change”, whatever form that may take over the next four years, I have to say that good or bad, I am completely disgusted by and ashamed that pundits like Rush Limbaugh would actually dare to spread a message of hoped-for failure of our president.
Hoping the president fails is tantamount to hoping the country fails – which in my eyes is an act of treason. While I disliked George W. Bush’s presidency with my own prejudices, I would never wish him to fail – and to fail for all my fellow citizens that depend on him.