Saturday, January 26, 2008

yes we can

I've been out of the loop for a bit—a long story I'll try to tell as soon as Kara Powell and I deliver the updates and revisions for a new edition of our sexuality curriculum, Good Sex, for Youth Specialties.

But I did find time tonight to listen, and nod my head, to the words of Barack Obama in South Carolina. He's talking about an American ideal I remember; an American ideal I want to help reclaim and burnish to a bright and shining state. I choose to ignore the weary and cynical who say it can't be done. I say it can and must be done—and we must do it.

Burn the 18 minutes it takes to watch this speech. And don't tell me you don't want this too.

2 comments:

Steve said...

I went out in the yard after hearing this speech and lifted a big oak tree out by its roots.

Jim Hancock said...

that's fantastic!

now put it back and let's go elect a new government.

(seriously, you generated hard laughter on my end)

jh