Obama: Change to New Ideology - Especially Within Self!

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Makes sense to me, old world perceptions need to change to meet the challenges in a new world.

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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama implored Americans Saturday to commit to a new declaration of independence — rejecting ideology and bigotry — as he acknowledged the nation faces severe challenges.

"Only a handful of times in our history has a generation been confronted with challenges so vast," he said at a town hall meeting in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.

"An economy that is faltering. Two wars, one that needs to be ended responsibly, one that needs to be waged wisely. A planet that is warming from our unsustainable dependence on oil."

He added, "And yet while our problems may be new, what is required to overcome them is not. What is required is the same perseverance and idealism
that our founders displayed.

"What is required is a new declaration of independence, not just in our nation, but in our own lives — from ideology and small thinking, prejudice and
bigotry — an appeal not to our easy instincts but to our 'better angels,'" he
said, using a phrase from President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address in
1861.

Obama's remarks came before he was to board a train for the 137-mile journey to Washington, where he will take the oath of office Tuesday.

The train is scheduled to stop in Wilmington, Delaware, to pick up Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his family, and then in Baltimore, Maryland.

"Slow rolls," meaning the president-elect will wave at residents gathered near the tracks, will occur in Claymont, Delaware, and Edgewood, Maryland.
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The problem is, there appear to be some that are sitting back and waiting for the change to be made for them, rather than contributing by making changes themselves. Easy way out.
 
wow... WELL SAID, OBAMA! I'm glad I voted for Obama. he better not disappoint me! :mad2:

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jillio said:
The problem is, there appear to be some that are sitting back and waiting for the change to be made for them, rather than contributing by making changes themselves. Easy way out.
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EXACTLY! Obama does not weild a magic wand, we ALL need to make our contributions as a whole. What he can do is get us in the right direction and pass legislation to assist us in our effort to make things happen, not the other way around. Like Kennedy said"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!"
 
S.O.B. said:
EXACTLY! Obama does not weild a magic wand, we ALL need to make our contributions as a whole. What he can do is get us in the right direction and pass legislation to assist us in our effort to make things happen, not the other way around. Like Kennedy said"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!"
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Bingo!
 
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