A Letter To President Obama

  While browsing around the net today, I found this letter which someone had written after seeing an image which made them weep.

  The image?

 

The Letter?

Dear Sir,
You've come to us when seemingly we need you the most. Some have claimed you arrived out of nowhere, but we've always known you were out there, somewhere, waiting. We've endured eight years of what can only be described as, dreadful hell. It's a fact that even the reddest of the elephants can not deny, pure hell indeed. Many of us have been astounded by the blatant lack of constitutional concern over this past decade. Will you hear our voices going forward? Will you continue to feel our fears, will you act? Corrections shall likely remain a lovely liberal pipe dream in face of a pragmatic center approach and this course you must choose to change. You see if no one is ever held accountable for these crimes then when will justice ever be just again?

No we do not expect an overnight miracle or a fast fix. We know it will take time. Yet, we do expect sincere effort. For we the people have long been forgotten. Helplessly watching our government sit back as towers collapse, cities sink, and our American Dreams turn to a nightmare. Our voices will never again be muted nor will the walls at 1600 Penn. Ave. silence our cries. Sir, we expect effort, sincere effort.
Like so many others I've waited, waited to see the uninspired become the inspired. That is the change you gave birth to. No this is certainly not the beginning anymore than it is the end, this simply is the 're-awakening' of what's long been missed. You see we knew you existed because we believed with whole hearts that John, Martin, Bobby, Teddy, Abe, and the Like were not the Last Great Men.

Last Nov. we were not voting just 'for you', we were voting for 'us'. Voting for all of us and yes, even for those who weren't casting for you. Our votes were cast for the return of all our military children to safety. We voted so we wouldn't have to see another city drown. Ballot after BLUE ballot were marked not for you but for us, for the cause of HOPE. For the hope of jobs, for a new found sense of 'For The People.' Will you be our hero? Will you go down in the ranks of glorious history, maybe, maybe not. Rest assured that we will though. We the people, the electorate of 2008, the door knockers, the phone bankers, volunteer after volunteer will forever be remembered for fighting for us and thus casting for you.
We've given you this job and we sincerely expect results. We've always known you were out there and now your time is here. All we ask of you is for you to the job we've given you as it is laid out before you. Do not lie to us to force unwarranted wars. Do not sit back while our neighbors thirst for FEMA. DO not ignore intelligence meant for our protection and no do not spy upon us for it either. DO no allow the rich to get richer from our suffering. Do no allow the insurers miss any of us. Do not allow our schools, bridges and securities continued failure. Basically, in short, do not allow another day to seem anything like any of the last 2920 days have been.

We may appear to be asking a lot of you, however, it's nothing more than a request for you to uphold the office you have been given. Yes patience is a virtue and no it can't all be mended overnight, so we will wait. Rest assured we will be watching closer than ever though. The bar has been raised for you through no fault of your own but that is not to be a crutch to lean upon. We've been waiting for so very long for this rebirth of hope. We've been waiting so very long for the day 'we' are again the top priority at 1600 Penn. Ave. Though you may stumble we are here to prevent the fall.

Now, sir, go forth as steadfast as you have shown us you are. Go forth knowing we are behind you and collectively we have demonstrated our force of change. Now go forth and make us all proud. Justify our lifelong dreams and beliefs that you were out there. Our voices got you there and thus, you now owe us nothing less than our dreams.
Sincerely
We The People!

  Have patience with OUR President. WE  have placed a lot upon his shoulders!

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One Last Word To George Bush And His Friends

  One we'd like to see is this:

  

and

and just for you George:

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Arizona Cardinals To Win Supper Bowl!...

   and that ain't no shit people.  All of the betting pros are picking Pittsburgh  by 6 1/2. Not gonna happen. I say Arizona by 10.

    One creature is known above all others for its ability to survive against impossible odds in the hostile Arizona desert. While it is not known as a traditional predator, unsuspecting victims eventually find out that its peck is far worse than its tweet. Only recently have enthusiasts discovered that its winter migratory pattern leads east across the Southern United States to the warm wetlands of South Florida, specifically the area around Tampa Bay.

From a commenter at Yahoo Sports

  Kick ass Arizona! Obamanize your opponent.

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" We The People" Must Demand Justice...

  and the prosecution of of the Bush administration is the only way that we will stop the kinds of crimes committed by Bush and others before him. Forgetting the past and moving forward doesn't cut it this time around. Bush and the boys/girls need to be held accountable so that future administrations, Obama's included, do not commit these same errors.

The People vs. George Bush

by the national gadfly    Mon Jan 19, 2009     ( edited )  Full Article

The world knows what he did.  The American people know what he did.  We have a choice.  We can demand justice.  We can defend ourselves from enemies to The Constitution, both foreign and domestic.  It will not happen if we do not.  The overwhelming call to action at change.gov was for the prosecution of criminal behaviour from the White House.

George Bush is what we got for pardoning Nixon.  Nixon was a megalomaniac whose paranoia was his undoing.  Bush is much worse: a mouthpiece for the corruption of power amassed in Oil & Defense industry executive suites.  But, the motivations for breaking the law of the land from the highest office are not important.  What is of utmost importance is this: precedent.  In this specific instance, the precedent of breaking the law of the land from the highest office.  It is the path to dictatorship.

Here is how I see it:

• Nixon took the first step, spying on Americans, lying about it and destroying evidence.  Ironically, and perhaps because he was an attorney, he believed enough in the laws of the land to fear impeachment.  Like I said, he violated The Constitution (and his oath to protect it) from the irrational thoughts of paranoia and egotism.
• Ford set the stage with Nixon's pardon.  In typical white, male privileged class, he looked America straight in the eye and told us that this was for our own good. It was not for our own good.  The example was set that the President is above the law.
• Reagan took office and began several GOP slight-of-hand strategies that continue to this day.  Distract the public with Jingoism, label government as bad and greed as good, project the President as good ol' boy / cowboy who talks tough and does the right thing.  In the background, Iran/Contra, the systematic destruction of protection for consumers, investors and union workers, collusion with religious nut jobs to repeal the gains of women's rights and minority rights.
• Clinton betrayed us by lying about the affair.  I don't care who he had sex with.  But, as the highest employee of the people and our paid / elected champion of the rule of law, he broke his oath.  He also showed that a President can be impeached and remain in office and hired Blackwater.  I'm more irritated with Bill Clinton than the others on this list, because I know that he knows better and can do better.
• George W Bush (or should I say Dick Cheney?) came through having learned the lessons of those I have already mentioned.  Namely, that the President will do whatever the hell he wants and no one can stop him.  He spied on us, illegally 'reditioned' us, and falsified justification for a war that has killed 1 million Iraqis.  Saddam Hussein did not kill them, George Bush did.  Award contracts to Halliburton, KBR & Blackwater: companies that have all broken laws including rape, murder and fraud only to be protected by collusion and lack of jurisdiction / accountability.

So, the choice is real simple and I think it is very clear.  The world is watching.  The people are watching.  We all know that he broke the law.  We have a choice in our response: investigate/prosecute or ignore/deny.  The former option is in line with our Constitution.  The latter is only going to pave the way for much worse offenses and misery for the generations to come.

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