If there was ever a better time to use the cliché’ quote “Behind every good man stands a good woman” it would be best applied to Michelle Obama. With Michelle stands the pivotal point that individuals can fulfill their chosen path and the journey matters just as much as the outcome. Justifiably, Michelle happens to be numerous things; wife, lawyer, public servant, and woman of color…but if you ask Michelle who she really is, her typical response would be first and foremost that “I am Malia and Sasha’s mom.”
Before she was a mother and First Lady-elect, she was Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, daughter of Fraser and Marian Robinson born January 17, 1964. Michelle began her journey growing up on the South Side of Chicago, making her way through Princeton University and Harvard Law School. There after Michelle accomplished various achievements while positioning her self at Sidley Austin where she met her husband President-elect Barack Obama. After Barack’s election to the U.S. Senate, both Michelle and Barack decided to keep their family based on Chicago’s South Side, rather then to have moved to Washington D.C. There is much more that can be said between the lines but the predicate and substantial matter is that Michelle’s essence along side Obama’s is the bringing about of necessary change for the future of our country.
Throughout Barack’s campaigning period, Michelle maintained a firm balance between work and family in the early stages having made a commitment to only be away from her daughter’s overnight once a week and devoted only two days out the week to Barack’s political campaign. Like every hard working, goal orientated, American family the Obama’s at times struggled to keep the balance while pushing forward on the 2008 campaign trail but Michelle held it together. As the increasing press coverage posed Obama as the preferable running candidate for the White House, Michelle was right there taking on the increasing interviews and press talks supporting her husband every step of the way.
Now that the dust has settled and a superior step in history has been made for the future of America with Barack as our profound leader and Michelle as our First Lady one certainty that is undeniable is change. As the masses repeat the saying: “Yes, we can”, now it can be said that “Yes, we did.” For the role of our first Lady, there could not be a more phenomenal and aspiring individual such as Michelle to uphold that position.
The elders say that once every thousand years a child with a special gift is born upon mankind destined to change the world and bring forth a new era of hope and salvation. On August 4, 1961, a child named Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Following high school, Obama moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at Occidental College for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations. Obama graduated with a B.A. from Columbia in 1983, then at the start of the following year worked for a year at the Business International Corporation and then at the New York Public Interest Research Group.
After four years in New York City, Obama moved to Chicago, where he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization on Chicago’s far South Side, and worked there for three years from June 1985 to May 1988.
It wasn’t till January 4th, 2005, that Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator, coming in as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history. On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in Springfield, Illinois.
Being a community organizer and understanding the unity of the common man, Obama decided on June 19th to turn down public financing in general election since the system was created in 1976, becoming the first major-party presidential candidate to do so.
As we watched our president fight in the run for White House; some of us may have wished he was a bit more aggressive in some of his debates but let’s look at all the factors he fought against. There was the obvious curiosity if America would elect an African American to lead them fearlessly over a 4 year period; another curiosity was his experience in the Senate; fighting to defend his father’s religion in a post 9-11 America and clearing his name of affiliations to controversial figures. All in the same time, maintaining his cool and keeping his head above water and fighting for a better tomorrow.
Now, that he has been elected, it’s not time to turn our backs and let him do his work in the White House, he will need the support of the American people to continue to regain our credibility amongst foreign countries, stabilize the economy, end this unjustified war, preserving the planet and increase unity among all mankind.
The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to vote and participate in the upcoming election. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal, are featured in a second of a series of public service announcements to encourage American youth to vote in partnership with Google, YouTube, Declare Yourself, and MySpace.
As the monumental November 4th date approaches for the US Presidential Election, we’ve come cross this video by ebaumsword where the presidential nominees find a hilarious way to decide the leader of the free world instead of leaving it to the people.
If it has not become evident over the past few weeks, we would just like to make it official. We endorse Barack Obama as our candidate for Presidency of the United States. To drive that point home, here is a great video.
Please make sure vote on or before November 4th. If you don’t want $4 a gallon to go to people like Hugo Chavez (of Venezuela) and Ahmed Zaki Yamani(of Saudi Arabia). Vote if you want to maintain a fair and balanced internet. Vote if you believe in women’s rights. Vote if you care about getting a good job when you graduate or if you can’t find work right now. Vote if you care.
Oct. 14: In a brief Special Comment, Keith Olbermann expresses his disapproval of the McCain/Palin campaign’s “lynch-mob mentality” and their refusal to discourage surrogates and supporters from threatening Barack Obama at GOP campaign rallies.
Senator Barack Obama’s campaign put together a video of behind-the-scenes campaign footage to answer the question John McCain and Sarah Palin keep asking: “Who Is Barack Obama?” As you watch you can truly feel a magical and genuine presence in Senator Obama, his lovely wife and children and VP nominee Joe Biden. Enjoy
Spelling Change was developed by a group of creative professionals to spread awareness and passion about the Obama campaign. Its goal is to encourage one-to-one communication by creating tools that help people get out the word on issues that are important to them.
Artists and designers were asked to create a letter of the alphabet inspired by the Obama campaign. These letters were then printed on t-shirts and distributed to photographers, who shot Obama supporters from all walks of life wearing them. The result is a living alphabet that shows the incredible breadth of Obama’s appeal and a widespread desire for real change in Washington.
Now, you can use this living alphabet to create emails, t-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, and postcards personalized with your own messages of hope and change. You can also design and upload your own letter, becoming part of a creative community fueled by a shared passion to change America from within.
We are all aware of the behind-the-scenes trickery that the U.S. Government likes to pull over the American people and foreigners eyes. We came across this Youtube video which states that some military troops will be drawn from Iraq and placed on U.S. soil to “monitor” unruly behavior… someone please call Jack Bauer!!
What do you think??
