“Each of Us Must Do Our Part”
The “closing argument” from Obama. I am ready to work for a better nation
“Each of us has a responsibility to work hard and look after ourselves and our families,” Obama said in a speech in Canton, Ohio.
“Each of us has a responsibility to our fellow citizens,” he continued. “That’s what’s been lost these last eight years - our sense of common purpose; of higher purpose. And that’s what we need to restore right now.”
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In the speech, Obama claimed that “after twenty-one months and three debates, Senator McCain still has not been able to tell the American people a single major thing he’d do differently from George Bush when it comes to the economy.”
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has endorsed Obama/Biden
The economic inequities are no longer tolerable. As remarkable as it is to say during a time when U.S. troops are actively engaged in wars on two fronts, Americans are looking for a visionary leader who will focus first on the daunting domestic financial crisis that has upended so many lives.
The nation has experienced the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression, an enormous stock-market plunge among the worst in history, record-high energy prices, and an ongoing war in Iraq that has exacted an agonizing cost in lives, dollars and international prestige.
Americans need new leadership.
For many of the same reasons that the Star-Telegram recommended Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, it is recommending Democrat Barack Obama in 2008.
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Yep!
I do not think that I can take anymore of Republican leadership for another minute, especially the one in more recent years . I’ve just seen nothing but screw-up after screw up. When Bush leaves the Whitehouse he would leave behind damaged foreign relations, the unfortunate legacy of hurricane Katrina, a costly war that haven’t been won and a messed up economy. If McCain get in there, it may be even worse.
If Obama wins the presidency, I feel bad for him because he would have to acquire Bush’s mess, at the same time I wouldn’t want McCain in there. If he( McCain ) gets in there, we may not have much of a functioning government left.
Seems like the pundits are saying that if Obama wins Virginia the election is over.
the NAACP has sued the state because they say it isn’t ready for the turnout
I wonder if the Muslims have a get out the vote plans to do their part
” The NAACP has sued the state because they say it isn’t ready for the turnout”.
I can understand why. In my state( Georgia), I tried to take advantage of their “advanced” voting. No use in calling it that.I know people that have been in the lines since 5 in the morning and by 12 pm the lines would lap from one end of the street to another and this isn’t a joke. People like me had to stand in line for three or more hours.From what my sister said,it was the same at her polling station. She had to wait 5 hours to vote.
My mom and her neighbor/friend we’re lucky.They went to vote the same day( though not the same hours) that I did. They we’re senior citizensand/or disabled voters and they received higher priority because of their senior citizen and/or disability status. They were finished within 45 minutes. With those mile long lines that I seen, I was afraid that they would be camping out.
They have had some computer glitches in certain counties and of course, after that infamous incident in Florida with those chads there was suspicion, but we will may also have to give some of them the benefit of the doubt. There are so many people who want to vote and that can do something to the system. No matter how it is, there is no easy way around it.
Abul Misk Kafour was of Ethiopian or Nubian origin, and was bought by Mohammad Ibn Toghgue, to be one of his boy slaves. His owner later gave him his freedom. He was a castrated black man (a eunuch). He died in 357 AH, 967 AD.
After the death of Mohamed bin Tughj Al-Ikhshid, his minister Abu el-Misk Kafour had the guardianship over Al-Ikhshid’s two sons. Under the name of Al-Ikhshid’s sons, Kafour ruled over Egypt for 23 years.
On his death, the eleven-year old boy Abu Al-Fawaris Ahmed, Al-Ikhshid’s grandson, succeeded him. Therefore, chaos prevailed in Egypt, a matter that paved the way before the Fatimids to seize Egypt.
The climb of Abi El-Misk Kafour, in the Ikhshidid state, was related to the political circumstances of the state. He was able to drive the states in the direction he wanted, after the death of Mohammad Ibn Toghgue Al-Ikhshid, as Anujour (Mahmoud) the son of Mohammad Ibn Toghgue was still a boy of fifteen. He continued further in this manner during the rule of Ali Ibn Toghgue. He then ruled single handedly after the death of Ali in 355 AH.
Kafour did not obtain delegation from the Abbasid Caliphate although there was no objection on the part of the Abbasids. He had the title of “professor,” and was nicknamed Abi El-Misk. His policy was the extension of Mohammad Ibn Toghgue Al-Ikhshid’s policy of maintaining a balanced relationship with both the Abbasids and the Fatimids.
In general, he was loved by the Egyptians, for he was generous and kind; he considered people’s needs and complaints, and he arbitrated these complaints himself. During the period of his rule, Fatimid missionaries were widespread in Egypt.