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Showing posts with label obama. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
obama final speech
Obama come periple
l giudizio di Tucidide su Pericle [modifica]
Lo storico Tucidide presenta Pericle come un modello di uomo politico equilibrato, che seppe portare Atene al massimojavascript:void(0) splendore ed alla massima potenza. Pericle infatti condusse la città nei periodi di pace con moderazione e la mantenne sicura, facendola diventare grandissima. Quando scoppiò la Guerra ne previde la potenzialità, manifestando una preveggenza che si rivelò solo dopo la sua morte.
Disse infatti che gli ateniesi avrebbero vinto se fossero rimasti tranquilli, si fossero curati della flotta e non avessero cercato di ampliare l'impero nel corso della guerra facendo correre pericoli alla città. Gli Ateniesi fecero l'esatto contrario, imbarcandosi in imprese estranee alla guerra e che, se riuscite, avrebbero portato vantaggi soprattutto a privati cittadini, e il cui fallimento si sarebbe ritorto a danno per l'intera città.
Il giudizio di Tucidide è lucidamente espresso nelle seguenti parole:
« [...] Ne era motivo il fatto che Pericle, potente per dignità e senno, chiaramente incorruttibile al denaro, dominava il popolo senza limitarne la libertà, e non era da lui condotto più di quanto egli stesso non lo conducesse, poiché Pericle non parlava per lusingarlo, come avrebbe fatto se avesse ottenuto il potere con mezzi illeciti, ma lo contraddiceva anche sotto l'influsso dell'ira, avendo ottenuto il potere per suo merito personale. [...]
Vi era così ad Atene una democrazia, ma di fatto un potere affidato al primo cittadino. »
(Tucidide, Storie, II, 65)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vlM3x-GoCA&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/the-final-rallies-obama-m_n_140800.html
Monday, November 03, 2008
obama tooth
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/obama-on-grandmother-and_n_140698.html
Calling it a "bittersweet time" in his life, there were moments when one could detect the sadness in his voice and face. The crowd in Charlotte did its best to pull him along, screaming out words of support as he detailed Madelyn Dunham's life and drew from it threads that weaved into his candidacy and message. It was a poignant moment: the woman who helped raise him passing away just hours before the election.
No matter what happens tomorrow, I'm going to feel good about how it has turned out because all of you have created this remarkable campaign. She is gone home. And she died peacefully in her sleep, with my sister at her side. And so, there is great joy as well as tears. I'm not going to talk about it too long because it is hard, a little, to talk about.
I want everybody to know though a little bit about her. Her name was Madelyn Dunham. And she was born in Kansas in a small town in 1922. Which means she lived through the Great Depression, she lived through two world wars, she watched her husband go off to war, while she looked after her baby and worked on a bomber assembly line. When her husband came back they benefited from the GI bill, they moved west and eventually ended up in Hawaii.
She was somebody who was a very humble person, a very plainspoken person. She is one of those quiet heroes we have all across America, who are not famous, their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They sacrifice for their children, and their grandchildren. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is do the right thing. And in this crowd, there are a lot of quiet heroes like that, people like that, mothers and fathers and grandparents who have worked hard and sacrificed all their lives and the satisfaction that they get is in seeing their children or maybe their grandchildren or their great-grandchildren live a better life than they did. That is what America is about. That is what we are fighting for.
Calling it a "bittersweet time" in his life, there were moments when one could detect the sadness in his voice and face. The crowd in Charlotte did its best to pull him along, screaming out words of support as he detailed Madelyn Dunham's life and drew from it threads that weaved into his candidacy and message. It was a poignant moment: the woman who helped raise him passing away just hours before the election.
No matter what happens tomorrow, I'm going to feel good about how it has turned out because all of you have created this remarkable campaign. She is gone home. And she died peacefully in her sleep, with my sister at her side. And so, there is great joy as well as tears. I'm not going to talk about it too long because it is hard, a little, to talk about.
I want everybody to know though a little bit about her. Her name was Madelyn Dunham. And she was born in Kansas in a small town in 1922. Which means she lived through the Great Depression, she lived through two world wars, she watched her husband go off to war, while she looked after her baby and worked on a bomber assembly line. When her husband came back they benefited from the GI bill, they moved west and eventually ended up in Hawaii.
She was somebody who was a very humble person, a very plainspoken person. She is one of those quiet heroes we have all across America, who are not famous, their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They sacrifice for their children, and their grandchildren. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is do the right thing. And in this crowd, there are a lot of quiet heroes like that, people like that, mothers and fathers and grandparents who have worked hard and sacrificed all their lives and the satisfaction that they get is in seeing their children or maybe their grandchildren or their great-grandchildren live a better life than they did. That is what America is about. That is what we are fighting for.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
nyt , brooks, a republican, on obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17brooks.html?hp
This was not evident back in the “fierce urgency of now” days, but it is now. And it is easy to sketch out a scenario in which he could be a great president. He would be untroubled by self-destructive demons or indiscipline. With that cool manner, he would see reality unfiltered. He could gather — already has gathered — some of the smartest minds in public policy, and, untroubled by intellectual insecurity, he could give them free rein. Though he is young, it is easy to imagine him at the cabinet table, leading a subtle discussion of some long-term problem.
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It could be that Obama will be an observer, not a leader. Rather than throwing himself passionately into his causes, he will stand back. Congressional leaders, put off by his supposed intellectual superiority, will just go their own way. Lost in his own nuance, he will be passive and ineffectual. Lack of passion will produce lack of courage. The Obama greatness will give way to the Obama anti-climax.
We can each guess how the story ends. But over the past two years, Obama has clearly worn well with voters. Far from a celebrity fad, he is self-contained, self-controlled and maybe even a little dull.
This was not evident back in the “fierce urgency of now” days, but it is now. And it is easy to sketch out a scenario in which he could be a great president. He would be untroubled by self-destructive demons or indiscipline. With that cool manner, he would see reality unfiltered. He could gather — already has gathered — some of the smartest minds in public policy, and, untroubled by intellectual insecurity, he could give them free rein. Though he is young, it is easy to imagine him at the cabinet table, leading a subtle discussion of some long-term problem.
...........
It could be that Obama will be an observer, not a leader. Rather than throwing himself passionately into his causes, he will stand back. Congressional leaders, put off by his supposed intellectual superiority, will just go their own way. Lost in his own nuance, he will be passive and ineffectual. Lack of passion will produce lack of courage. The Obama greatness will give way to the Obama anti-climax.
We can each guess how the story ends. But over the past two years, Obama has clearly worn well with voters. Far from a celebrity fad, he is self-contained, self-controlled and maybe even a little dull.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
obama , the script never written
not even Hollywood could come up with a similar scenario, an Africa descendant with above the average skills candidate to the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. it goes beyond the American dream. what does it take now to be elected ? obama is up to the task , is the American public up to the most unconceivable innovation in their history ?
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
an epic vicoty / barack obama
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Hilry and maths
The Clinton campaign said all current polls had her beating McCain in November, and claimed to be ahead in the popular vote by half a million ballots after 51 valid Democratic contests stretching back to Iowa in early January.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs mocked the Clinton calculations, which rest on counting Florida and Michigan, and estimating vote totals from Obama's victories in four caucus states where official tallies have not been released.
"It involves square roots and logarithms and you know, I think there's a computer crunching the formula. And a lot of margaritas," the Obama aide said.
from
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080529193741.dozugrom&show_article=1
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs mocked the Clinton calculations, which rest on counting Florida and Michigan, and estimating vote totals from Obama's victories in four caucus states where official tallies have not been released.
"It involves square roots and logarithms and you know, I think there's a computer crunching the formula. And a lot of margaritas," the Obama aide said.
from
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080529193741.dozugrom&show_article=1
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