tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72646885922326725522024-03-13T16:24:12.411-07:00Pray For Barack ObamaPray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.comBlogger453125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-54499796448241677092009-01-25T16:26:00.000-08:002009-01-25T18:29:13.079-08:00Open Letter: Barack Obama Writes To Malia & Sasha<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c7h0z5MxGvF6LBubhNZL_EzfVIZukI9PpP2-Fj0V7MXK8yNMtnhy-qgfdTEk0qmjcFC2iqEokzC2L8tjf2OOg8HSoC5RSC4tVke7vapXX7ganGe5lx_8W_7mYjb3TIFTIoYcgDiCLw/s1600-h/barack-obama-family-people-magazine-2008-august1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c7h0z5MxGvF6LBubhNZL_EzfVIZukI9PpP2-Fj0V7MXK8yNMtnhy-qgfdTEk0qmjcFC2iqEokzC2L8tjf2OOg8HSoC5RSC4tVke7vapXX7ganGe5lx_8W_7mYjb3TIFTIoYcgDiCLw/s320/barack-obama-family-people-magazine-2008-august1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295401121346540514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Obama's letter to his daughters was published in PARADE Magazine two days prior to the inauguration. Then-President-Elect </span></strong><strong style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">explains why he ran for the highest office in the land:</span></strong><br /></div><strong style="font-family:arial;"></strong><br /><strong face="arial"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Dear Malia and Sasha,</span></strong><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I know that you've both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn't have let you have. But I also know that it hasn't always been easy for you and Mom, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesn't make up for all the time we've been apart. I know how much I've missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirW-I16ZO6h63NL3kdS9odw72i8CF_jB64-q51xvdPtYM_Ryi7XQYpsHPUXvvfUTRvBuNYYEdibs6sgH9Vt4RTV1mJW_YXUOkxAi3jqmQZ0NqdGShVVtSjLE1pUAYRrMbJBoKdkPSdcQ/s1600-h/bar24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirW-I16ZO6h63NL3kdS9odw72i8CF_jB64-q51xvdPtYM_Ryi7XQYpsHPUXvvfUTRvBuNYYEdibs6sgH9Vt4RTV1mJW_YXUOkxAi3jqmQZ0NqdGShVVtSjLE1pUAYRrMbJBoKdkPSdcQ/s320/bar24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295400765666796898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I'd make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and mischief and those smiles that never fail to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn't seem so important anymore. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I realized that my own life wouldn't count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours. In the end, girls, that's why I ran for President: because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation.</span> [...]<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">I am so proud of both of you. I love you more than you can ever know. And I am grateful every day for your patience, poise, grace, and humor as we prepare to start our new life together in the White House. <a href="http://www.parade.com/export/sites/default/news/2009/01/barack-obama-letter-to-my-daughters.html">Read more></a><br /></div><br /><strong></strong>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-44179012138913513882009-01-21T15:54:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:59:32.851-08:00A National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation<p style="text-align: justify;">In his first official act since taking the oath of office, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation, calling on Americans to serve one another and our common purpose on this National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation. Check it out below, or read it on the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/a_national_day_of_renewal_and_reconciliation/">WhiteHouse.gov</a> proclamations page.</p> <blockquote> <p align="center">NATIONAL DAY OF RENEWAL AND RECONCILIATION, 2009</p> <p align="center">- - - - - - -</p> <p align="center">BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</p> <p align="center">A PROCLAMATION</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">As I take the sacred oath of the highest office in the land, I am humbled by the responsibility placed upon my shoulders, renewed by the courage and decency of the American people, and fortified by my faith in an awesome God.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">We are in the midst of a season of trial. Our Nation is being tested, and our people know great uncertainty. Yet the story of America is one of renewal in the face of adversity, reconciliation in a time of discord, and we know that there is a purpose for everything under heaven.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">On this Inauguration Day, we are reminded that we are heirs to over two centuries of American democracy, and that this legacy is not simply a birthright -- it is a glorious burden. Now it falls to us to come together as a people to carry it forward once more.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">So in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, let us remember that: "The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2009, a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, and call upon all of our citizens to serve one another and the common purpose of remaking this Nation for our new century.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.</p> </blockquote>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-74580300079517620082009-01-21T15:12:00.000-08:002009-01-25T17:55:14.336-08:00God Bless You: President Barack H. Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Malia & Sacha O. (Inauguration Day + First couple dance-- Photos/Videos)<span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Last updated: Jan 25, 2009</span><br /><br />Thanks to fellow blogger <a href="http://www.thefaceofafrika.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">'The Face of AfriKa'</span></a> for sharing the photos and videos below:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoooj8Uh52LT-DQ2Dgart_jQoxsY5j5QY5c3r9plpFiaXJ0DUEfH-t6roB5-rUuvDKyJts7wt8-W-l1vFpDk27FysymgYUiWV9zqxQA1lL1-o6N184MJ5fcCy_YVCblj0xYvPcJF8i0U1-/s1600-h/bar20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoooj8Uh52LT-DQ2Dgart_jQoxsY5j5QY5c3r9plpFiaXJ0DUEfH-t6roB5-rUuvDKyJts7wt8-W-l1vFpDk27FysymgYUiWV9zqxQA1lL1-o6N184MJ5fcCy_YVCblj0xYvPcJF8i0U1-/s400/bar20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293849697731746194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_plHfyxIg4FoRWehdjbnhZsgk2XNM7-qZd0-Ae_NLvUPdgZDmWiM4BrZFgmbJbANMfM3715DvcYNWroo3yIev0czlGYmB1luPt2XXilZDL9lLRYjyslk4CJXaLb4Bw9s5hAdizucd_fR/s1600-h/bar16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5juUycxfWECqrsPS10NHSlWSmfn8NhUsmkMshPP5WC0RdwfB5pax2_gzgSh5AZmyG_gpRsouk2qmrwOLFDMIybAHoqQSfEW9g0sXcNIP8AxcSmFDsS4LI0v6Y3004BVYfG9-ESTDj8UY-/s400/bar15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293850184147811842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >First Dance: President Barack Obama And First Lady Michelle Obama</span><br /><br /><object width="300" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gg05eDbWbzI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gg05eDbWbzI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="225"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0kfTcbtGCr8kBcIViVQULggpms3p3BbPn8z3v3pdO50IDyUdqiFqMuqzNTZEKfRTjiniHC2RD1il-2jlVztBLdyR8xjQdSBQRuVjZsHQj67kcDMdwlCxKUHTXjBfkVqBhtH14R1j20S_/s1600-h/bar14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0kfTcbtGCr8kBcIViVQULggpms3p3BbPn8z3v3pdO50IDyUdqiFqMuqzNTZEKfRTjiniHC2RD1il-2jlVztBLdyR8xjQdSBQRuVjZsHQj67kcDMdwlCxKUHTXjBfkVqBhtH14R1j20S_/s400/bar14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293850538168974866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIS1H9nkuTtmd4ZoTLnaZD7FkGPQPNXzLDGL2okwDwAJU6ztD9hp3ppERq3Lzgd1iD9wCBRRpRiVRRwGBG3UkHRaajYgH1tNGt30pFKeIFyO4xyvNdOhYfE0l1vVey90TpnP-46RZOGCy/s1600-h/bar13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIS1H9nkuTtmd4ZoTLnaZD7FkGPQPNXzLDGL2okwDwAJU6ztD9hp3ppERq3Lzgd1iD9wCBRRpRiVRRwGBG3UkHRaajYgH1tNGt30pFKeIFyO4xyvNdOhYfE0l1vVey90TpnP-46RZOGCy/s400/bar13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293850553858328882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><object width="300" height="225"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></object><object width="300" height="225"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WHedu2CSENI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="225"></embed></object><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Above-- Video Essay: A Look Back At The Inauguration</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-qsdxI1bjjuwT9e4dMBUZuqlX-cp9DshOgPVurPxaKPs794UmgHlZStHnAn4qRy1FXOVAUZJxEsFJNO0zEoRsbFQKk0ZMKwOktTV-Dc48cxjfzIyqvnmsXDnlRGJPQQlB8oz_ghagdgR/s1600-h/bar22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-qsdxI1bjjuwT9e4dMBUZuqlX-cp9DshOgPVurPxaKPs794UmgHlZStHnAn4qRy1FXOVAUZJxEsFJNO0zEoRsbFQKk0ZMKwOktTV-Dc48cxjfzIyqvnmsXDnlRGJPQQlB8oz_ghagdgR/s400/bar22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293849656074259362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym-mzp9Rnf4it2JZeTybN3hicgYcbxG4QeTWeVuQGZzAyjEaH_PEEcvLx7-sURJ81PpqDuYo1JXxta6ndKbBtA89iyw0tKEGCa1azcXUVlkMH8UyCwMC0qLeOZUlrDmCsQU-eHP0qsk8Q/s1600-h/bar23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym-mzp9Rnf4it2JZeTybN3hicgYcbxG4QeTWeVuQGZzAyjEaH_PEEcvLx7-sURJ81PpqDuYo1JXxta6ndKbBtA89iyw0tKEGCa1azcXUVlkMH8UyCwMC0qLeOZUlrDmCsQU-eHP0qsk8Q/s400/bar23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293849653562048338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Video Essay: 'The Moment' of Presidency</span> <!-- Begin BlogToplist voting code --><br /><br /><object width="300" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B3a5tvK-V6Q&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B3a5tvK-V6Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="225"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">First Day At Work</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGYPJ64aGW4gNTvpeefaAzfeSYUIbSZn3Dn9NMvO3FWoV2U0M1aKfG8f_05VC_tlH8el0j_BepEn9njlYs0STXDB7vu9xosaJ_rXNyiKoDE6Wg-QKZohB8M7Of2PlUpR-q5hLUFNuJ3ov/s1600-h/bar21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGYPJ64aGW4gNTvpeefaAzfeSYUIbSZn3Dn9NMvO3FWoV2U0M1aKfG8f_05VC_tlH8el0j_BepEn9njlYs0STXDB7vu9xosaJ_rXNyiKoDE6Wg-QKZohB8M7Of2PlUpR-q5hLUFNuJ3ov/s400/bar21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293863794941785538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos credit: AP/CBS</span><br /></div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-42972508427296586802009-01-21T14:57:00.000-08:002009-01-25T18:00:36.332-08:00President Obama (Photos & Videos)Thank you to fellow blogger <a href="http://www.thefaceofafrika.com/">The Face of AfriKa</a> for allowing me to reproduce posts about Obama here (I've been very busy lately).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-TxNypjtKLBmnj8WFCNzxBFpI0U6yC78VbykV1zRDdeUr5F9SFlPokwS65_6gu55XWVkBzsObwOrru2FooFKY5rpnttDWwZi5NVep4W8q-TPlENlJ3L0thaWzi3PqFRB3lZtZ0tpz7yr/s1600-h/inauguration5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-TxNypjtKLBmnj8WFCNzxBFpI0U6yC78VbykV1zRDdeUr5F9SFlPokwS65_6gu55XWVkBzsObwOrru2FooFKY5rpnttDWwZi5NVep4W8q-TPlENlJ3L0thaWzi3PqFRB3lZtZ0tpz7yr/s400/inauguration5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293472449852934530" border="0" /></a><!-- Begin BlogToplist voting code --><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">By Cathleen Decker</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">9:06 AM PST, January 20, 2009 </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Reporting from Los Angeles -- Barack Hussein Obama was sworn into office as the nation's 44th president today, assuming leadership of a nation riven by war and economic despair but embracing the improbable ascension of a first-term Illinois senator as the nation's first black chief executive.<br /><br />With his hand on a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln more than a century ago, Obama repeated the 35-word oath before a rapturous and massive crowd, supplemented across the country with separate, if just as boisterous, celebrations. Obama sworn in on the steps of the US Capitol and in sight of the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King once proclaimed <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I have a dream".</span> On the stand as Obama took the oath were members of the Supreme Court, Congress and family and friends of the incoming leaders.<br /><br />After formally becoming president, Obama was due to deliver an inaugural address that will warn Americans of difficult days ahead and call for a new spirit of bipartisan sacrifice to solve the varied problems facing the country -- themes familiar from Obama's long trek to the White House.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Obama and his wife, Michelle, and Biden and his wife, Jill, began their day by attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church, the traditional destination for an incoming president, located across Lafayette Park from the White House. Read<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-inauguration21-2009jan21,0,7588453.story"> more</a>><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00g773oAiucGhLSQKD_3WY3vlvUP_9Em3QOCgJTb9uc6kUSBfEVbbX3c9mIi0aC4cCfT6B_5IhyaIbYnFxmfQVlEtI2RvzLoa4Ir0fO9L3rDe0mT07WvyrGqaX930RV9nP2iW6vmZzz7C/s1600-h/inauguration10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00g773oAiucGhLSQKD_3WY3vlvUP_9Em3QOCgJTb9uc6kUSBfEVbbX3c9mIi0aC4cCfT6B_5IhyaIbYnFxmfQVlEtI2RvzLoa4Ir0fO9L3rDe0mT07WvyrGqaX930RV9nP2iW6vmZzz7C/s400/inauguration10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293473414415261138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barack Obama Sworn In as the 44th President of the United States</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="header-quote-left"><!-- END: Module - Main Heading --><!--CMA user Call Diffrenet Variation Of Image --><div class="__noscriptOpaqued__" id="main-article"> <div class="article-author __noscriptOpaqued__"><object class="__noscriptOpaqued__" width="300" height="225"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="flashvars" value="videoid=8604824001"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="movie" value="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00464/articleplayer_19025_464923a.swf?videoid=8604824001"><embed class="__noscriptOpaqued__" src="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00464/articleplayer_19025_464923a.swf" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" flashvars="videoid=8604824001" width="300" height="225"></embed></object><!-- Print Author name associated with the article --><!-- Print Author name from By Line associated with the article --><span class="byline"><br /></span></div></div><!-- Article Copy module --><!-- BEGIN: Module - Main Article --><!-- Check the Article Type and display accordingly--> <!-- Print Author image associated with the Author--><!-- Print the body of the article--></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_X5rVLUyjP8OkmVn5WQqDcs3P6mE_dCsDJv97AYZ41tzwagF0ZJjby9-Lskho_N3_OW3iGNrRp8vto2WHwbXrgTeIMB6H1Sj-iUU-ufZgkODTA-3S3ooxDV20lnG0qwBY7GROq4uTfn_/s1600-h/inauguration2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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More than two million people were expected to witness the event. Read <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24941705-2703,00.html">More</a>><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Obama's inauguration speech</h3><div style="text-align: center;"> <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1184614595" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=8611974001&playerId=1184614595&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="300" height="225"></embed><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuccidX8Jb8IpDSgszVy1M06pKaRSOWsyUZwFkbxauGaow50EO02jHSA0PeFcGmPb7PNIxA-MiaPUckcF_K3PueHZCxiZgd5PQHedMN3OWtnzLHFY-saxk0B69fb7Cd1SAbaW4rRKxm8T/s1600-h/inauguration12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuccidX8Jb8IpDSgszVy1M06pKaRSOWsyUZwFkbxauGaow50EO02jHSA0PeFcGmPb7PNIxA-MiaPUckcF_K3PueHZCxiZgd5PQHedMN3OWtnzLHFY-saxk0B69fb7Cd1SAbaW4rRKxm8T/s400/inauguration12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293473425109043090" border="0" /></a></div><h3><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdzirXMmMict1zM0QGH6DqqvL2fyt0Pmx6EhEfljrEStgrq3Fr8cybOWyIDqOgjeCYK9rgIrd3tYrYtAULTfL7pEVbpBhe1AAotZHr-0ozfwacmhvablmPEc6s6-I3bUxCXrWm9j2XX24/s1600-h/inauguration1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdzirXMmMict1zM0QGH6DqqvL2fyt0Pmx6EhEfljrEStgrq3Fr8cybOWyIDqOgjeCYK9rgIrd3tYrYtAULTfL7pEVbpBhe1AAotZHr-0ozfwacmhvablmPEc6s6-I3bUxCXrWm9j2XX24/s400/inauguration1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293472443109500194" border="0" /></a></h3><h3>Obama's inauguration speech transcript<br /></h3>My fellow citizens:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.<br /></div><br />Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.<br /></div><br />So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.<br /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="pullQuoteRight"><blockquote><b>For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. </b><br /><cite></cite></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.<br /></div><br />In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.<br /></div><br />For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.<br /><br />We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.<br /><br />We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.<br /><br />And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.<br /><br />Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short.<br /><br />For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.<br /><br />What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.<br /><br />The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.<br /><br />And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.<br /><br />Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.<br /><br />The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.<br /><br />As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.<br /><br />Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.<br /><br />Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.<br /><br />And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.<br /><br />Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.<br /><br />They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please.<br /><br />Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.<br /></div><br />What is demanded then is a return to these truths.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.<br /></div><br />This is the price and the promise of citizenship.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.<br /></div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">The Obamas' farewell the Bushes</p><p style="text-align: center;"><object id="WNVideoCanvasDEFAULTdivWNVideoCanvas" width="450" height="400"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="wmode" value="windowless"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param 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Wow, time flies. In the meantime, below is the recap of Sunday's inaugural concert.</span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">AFP and MTV report:</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Music legends joined Sunday with hundreds of thousands of people at Washington's Lincoln Memorial in a vast emotional celebration of Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration as the first black US president.</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqeV4f_UkAeJPx_slENeFaprZhl1XmuFku4Nl0CQPD4EgK3bFgE8QcEsli0hJwlsZqHaq3Nqwo0zKTMuGBTaABgS-TPc67SE4OXUuApBRwOjPkqVLZFbcbNJzkce3ybSTx9vw-3nT0Q/s1600-h/bar12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqeV4f_UkAeJPx_slENeFaprZhl1XmuFku4Nl0CQPD4EgK3bFgE8QcEsli0hJwlsZqHaq3Nqwo0zKTMuGBTaABgS-TPc67SE4OXUuApBRwOjPkqVLZFbcbNJzkce3ybSTx9vw-3nT0Q/s320/bar12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293221432022622274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Obama and his family sang to the music along with a massive crowd who braved biting cold to witness mega-stars: Mary J. Blige sang "Lean on Me," which was followed up by Jon Bon Jovi's duet with Bettye LaVette on Sam Cooke's civil-rights anthem " Change Is Gonna Come". James Taylor and John Legend got together for Taylor's hit "Shower the People." Then John Mellencamp got onstage for his song "Ain't That America."</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Pb9XGgHtQecWrCSAkIywKjC0wLPKwrUyz14PpM10Vnm-6yZjVKvNiU5y3m5Nx2RSoZ6nSJHDVskG7uVyBhJmo4D_wKaWAp-g90dLehbV_GmY2BnZSgr2W2dlXGHgUsN589mTSO0lg/s1600-h/bar11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Pb9XGgHtQecWrCSAkIywKjC0wLPKwrUyz14PpM10Vnm-6yZjVKvNiU5y3m5Nx2RSoZ6nSJHDVskG7uVyBhJmo4D_wKaWAp-g90dLehbV_GmY2BnZSgr2W2dlXGHgUsN589mTSO0lg/s320/bar11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293221244734732802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">The celebrity sightings didn't end there. Sheryl Crow and Will.I.Am collaborated on Bob Marley's "One Love," while Usher, Shakira and Stevie Wonder joined up for "Higher Ground."</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kx6WlG0MJfWkVPc7h13iC3Q9UO5ga7Nm8gVh-HpP1-_kUs-EZR9bssQVIL7iOwcl0Zcs8WT5W4d-HU52Dw3QRaC_xNUIylPk0nXFIedhqj6-dMhaLNl0Je5CodMXYRVB6H7TWfd51A/s1600-h/bar10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kx6WlG0MJfWkVPc7h13iC3Q9UO5ga7Nm8gVh-HpP1-_kUs-EZR9bssQVIL7iOwcl0Zcs8WT5W4d-HU52Dw3QRaC_xNUIylPk0nXFIedhqj6-dMhaLNl0Je5CodMXYRVB6H7TWfd51A/s320/bar10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293221240199774690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">The big performances of the night came at the end. 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WqzsWSPaFewL4_9bbR0bWd7g0ncFgxm0N8Gv4raJhJMxb_EX0MkJJ2dTwPaFEh2K97oSWJvNRWtMToXVLPU8UKyK47fwUwXOShRatprAldvtoeAeiCzoi72oMnelzdr-3idkkgteux4/s320/secretary+of+state-clinton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277589418207565330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><br />As we all know, President-elect Obama has been choosing members of his administration. On December 2nd among other appointments, he 'officially' named rival Clinton secretary of state. I guess the best place to obtain fresh news about the Obama-Biden Transition including the President-elect's weekly address is on <a href="http://change.gov/">Change.gov</a>, the Office of the President-elect.<br /></div><div face="arial" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Today I was surprised to read that Bill Gates would love to join the the Obama Administration. According to <em><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/04/bill_gates_says_hes_open_to_a.html">Philip Rucker</a>, </em>Bill Gates said:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > " If there was some committee or pretty focused task where I could contribute, I'd be glad to consider that, and I hope that the things we've learned about education -- including the mistakes we've made -- I hope we do get a strong dialogue and I'm very optimistic we'll have that with these people."</span></div> <p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW2_AuEFuq01AEpYeT9E1NlfVCKBoUma_zP-jOZ5Ook49zVtapkqRyxG9B5iXlmxTgSupI_8UeN44MVnQjtI2k7djwMfE_Y6tNv3TtcH7Q7sSkRAE3BKW1mhqJuwME4CgWCKtHmmwvEw/s1600-h/bill+gates.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW2_AuEFuq01AEpYeT9E1NlfVCKBoUma_zP-jOZ5Ook49zVtapkqRyxG9B5iXlmxTgSupI_8UeN44MVnQjtI2k7djwMfE_Y6tNv3TtcH7Q7sSkRAE3BKW1mhqJuwME4CgWCKtHmmwvEw/s320/bill+gates.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277590380296332162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Gates met with Vice President-elect Joe Biden at Obama's Washington transition headquarters in the beginning of the month. Biden and Gates discussed "a wide range of issues, including global health and development, as well as the need to improve resources for secondary education, particularly for community colleges."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo (top-left): <span id="storyphotocaption">U. S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks with Senator Hillary Clinton after announcing her selection to the secretary of state post Monday in Chicago. - </span><span id="storyphotocredit">Photograph by : John Gress, Reuters</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="storyphotocredit"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo (Above): Bill Gates</span><br /></span></span> </p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-14462025680567749832008-11-30T06:25:00.000-08:002008-11-30T06:31:46.926-08:0077 Days of Prayer for the New President: Day 25-26<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mtVKd95d7sJYh2r4SuWUaIxITn2fK7i8i5D-UBiwQ_vgB8yGtNOqCaopGpttxbiZJWRm_NG2CF3lDuRctKSnI8gXmWm-IFT4KmAZP_U7l285elK6iNZBLHhMNbRnHrArotVBMpPVa-E/s1600-h/family+o+m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mtVKd95d7sJYh2r4SuWUaIxITn2fK7i8i5D-UBiwQ_vgB8yGtNOqCaopGpttxbiZJWRm_NG2CF3lDuRctKSnI8gXmWm-IFT4KmAZP_U7l285elK6iNZBLHhMNbRnHrArotVBMpPVa-E/s400/family+o+m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274457663607435394" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;"><strong>For wisdom for the President- and Vice President-Elect as they make decisions regarding their families and the move to the White House and the Vice President’s residence in Washington, D. C.<br /></strong><em>The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.<br /></em>—Proverbs 14:8</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;">Holy God, thank You for being a loving, reaching God who longs for fellowship and intimacy with us. Thank You for the blessing and privilege of prayer so we may speak with You about all our needs and concerns, not matter how large or small they are.<br /><br />Lord, work now in the lives of the families of the President- and Vice President-Elect, so that they may make the transition to Washington, D.C. with ease. Help those impacted by these moves, Lord, to be open and eager to be in a new place, develop new relationships and face new challenges. Give newly-elected Barack Obama and Vice President insight to do what is best for their families, particularly in the choice of schools. We give You glory, in the name of Christ, for hearing our prayer, amen.</p><p style="line-height: 130%; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage">By the Presidential Prayer Team</a></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-12343768000565510852008-11-28T20:09:00.000-08:002008-11-28T20:22:24.169-08:00MTV To Host Inaugural Ball For Obama<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYQkR_MhGRAEciek08hMQ6gbue8_Mnyg7eQ48exSSroQC6GTRxXF34TCrLUrEucjOvD73omMISkPmiRS-T-BsPdKpLe8wQRWYxh8mBo9rgiXoTNN5X6O-jPA0Snhp1u0Dzj7oqDNIpzI/s1600-h/obamaf3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYQkR_MhGRAEciek08hMQ6gbue8_Mnyg7eQ48exSSroQC6GTRxXF34TCrLUrEucjOvD73omMISkPmiRS-T-BsPdKpLe8wQRWYxh8mBo9rgiXoTNN5X6O-jPA0Snhp1u0Dzj7oqDNIpzI/s400/obamaf3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273929735257504642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">On Tuesday (November 25), MTV announced that it has partnered with ServiceNation to co-host the "Be the Change Inaugural Ball" in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2009 — the same day President-elect Barack Obama will take his oath of office.<br /><br />The event will celebrate the massive youth-voter turnout in this month's presidential election and an active commitment from America's youth to impart positive social change through volunteer service. ServiceNation is an organization that campaigns to increase support for expanding national service programs like the Peace Corps and Americorps. Read more <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600241/20081125/story.jhtml">here</a>><br /><br />Related article:<br /><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598633/20081105/puff_daddy.jhtml">http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598633/20081105/puff_daddy.jhtml</a><br /><br />Official Inaugural website:<br /><a href="http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm">http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm</a></div><br />Photo courtesy of EssencePray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-85559438705343864672008-11-28T16:15:00.000-08:002008-11-28T19:44:34.104-08:00Michelle & Barack Obama Interview by Barbara Walters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60JpxHHyEZOAomjifWqDe5f7ok18AErHSh6aWNpMOugGZUQFyQ0d8VyrzYgdbsljWn2LhGOgP7Fk33mUdvqFUbuB_JXaMTe2eohp16SQBx6ui-dqbGXAIkv7UrKFfqzpNBumpYUnIpUM/s1600-h/exclusive+interview+with+barbara+walters-photo+george+burns+for+abc+news.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60JpxHHyEZOAomjifWqDe5f7ok18AErHSh6aWNpMOugGZUQFyQ0d8VyrzYgdbsljWn2LhGOgP7Fk33mUdvqFUbuB_JXaMTe2eohp16SQBx6ui-dqbGXAIkv7UrKFfqzpNBumpYUnIpUM/s320/exclusive+interview+with+barbara+walters-photo+george+burns+for+abc+news.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273905749646767794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters. They discussed a variety of issues.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of George Burns/abc news</span><br /><br />Part 1<br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1oz_hYM9XpM&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1oz_hYM9XpM&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1oz_hYM9XpM&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1oz_hYM9XpM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1oz_hYM9XpM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />part 2<br /><a style="left: 0px ! 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important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP4H5n0WNUs&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP4H5n0WNUs&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP4H5n0WNUs&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP4H5n0WNUs&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OP4H5n0WNUs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />part 5<br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH4oQAbxFBM&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07078120564228244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH4oQAbxFBM&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH4oQAbxFBM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jH4oQAbxFBM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />part 6<br /><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ISo25tFz5A&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ISo25tFz5A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-42362818384791295832008-11-28T15:11:00.000-08:002008-11-28T15:24:48.227-08:00Seeking Jobs In Obama Administration<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5MHkvB5RLGKaKXBT9zxP9tltX2fZcOVmxf9dsTurqpC9GfpfeFFI-bCsKidyKKaTbUnFSK5XLntdCpa7Y1yQUNnZdJ-avl9ak92pYCJdDHO_R0Vmn1eNbk_94SfoEwhUQd-7X1p5yKo/s1600-h/obama+model.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5MHkvB5RLGKaKXBT9zxP9tltX2fZcOVmxf9dsTurqpC9GfpfeFFI-bCsKidyKKaTbUnFSK5XLntdCpa7Y1yQUNnZdJ-avl9ak92pYCJdDHO_R0Vmn1eNbk_94SfoEwhUQd-7X1p5yKo/s320/obama+model.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273852321573043986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The transition team has received 290,000 applications, and that's not including all the calls, e-mails and Facebook exchanges inundating its staffers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Reporting from Washington -- One member of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team measures meetings by the number of resumes arriving on his BlackBerry.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> Another says job-seekers have offered him tickets to Redskins football games, which he has turned down. And yet another has given his mother in Chicago "talking points" to deal with people trying to get to him by going through her.</span> [...]<br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">Officials believe they could wind up with 1 million job-seekers by the time Obama is sworn into office on Jan. 20.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> By comparison, before President Bush took office in 2001, he received just 44,000 requests for political jobs. As former President Clinton assumed the White House in 1993, he had received 125,000 applications for jobs. Read more <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-job-seekers28-2008nov28,0,113917.story?xid=rss-page">here</a>><br /></span>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-77056544227683511542008-11-28T13:15:00.000-08:002008-11-28T15:07:50.761-08:00The President-elect Thanksgiving address (Photo & Video)<div style="text-align: justify;">Barack and Michelle Obama said they want to teach their daughters "to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and make sure they are giving back" and volunteering at a food pantry near their home on the South Side of Chicago on Thursday 27 November O8 was one way of doing that. The President-elect Obama has volunteered at St. Columbanus Church before.<br /><br />The Obamas also visited the church's school where they met with hundreds of students as shown on the pictures below.<br /><br />Photos courtesy of AFP/GEtty/AP/Huffinton Post<br /></div><br /><a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRadLDaIkc1nSgBLRBu0GtaGw6q8EE_i0-VVsXv2Raw8R7bg5GlxF4xTA-I_VcCBWHbeE6SCjHxz0-YpYvYXgcfsq8X6dc_QHeb2ruPU0Epn9d-0urSZy5qlt-xWYXYvi-8BNoW6hCfgU/s1600-h/thanksgiving+o2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRadLDaIkc1nSgBLRBu0GtaGw6q8EE_i0-VVsXv2Raw8R7bg5GlxF4xTA-I_VcCBWHbeE6SCjHxz0-YpYvYXgcfsq8X6dc_QHeb2ruPU0Epn9d-0urSZy5qlt-xWYXYvi-8BNoW6hCfgU/s320/thanksgiving+o2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840084402545762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_XxzGeHkdlxsN4jIHr1WePHPdiSY4-Zx6FIRIexfenAR-A0XzQkIQFUrXFVCBThFnpNVvp7kd87JDnTuATDXcmu9priuz58vV5AdAKFGkCm4oiJWeK5qUt9GUFdnNuNrgw8mn-Mus-0/s1600-h/obama+thanksgiving.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_XxzGeHkdlxsN4jIHr1WePHPdiSY4-Zx6FIRIexfenAR-A0XzQkIQFUrXFVCBThFnpNVvp7kd87JDnTuATDXcmu9priuz58vV5AdAKFGkCm4oiJWeK5qUt9GUFdnNuNrgw8mn-Mus-0/s320/obama+thanksgiving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840071698439058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdECVcGzrCgWw3zacBhD_jFrVt7T0v9FN9ft-WvcO9JIClqFnfs3ZZLSIsmCME0VweiiOETE0qW0WnImVbh5DYawpkIuCHDyCHp84IRobV4ijibeiiTPY2q56wbcKhyduE008-1e_7G0/s1600-h/ob.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdECVcGzrCgWw3zacBhD_jFrVt7T0v9FN9ft-WvcO9JIClqFnfs3ZZLSIsmCME0VweiiOETE0qW0WnImVbh5DYawpkIuCHDyCHp84IRobV4ijibeiiTPY2q56wbcKhyduE008-1e_7G0/s320/ob.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273840074009429746" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Below, the video of the President-elect Thanksgiving address:<br /><br />AP: "In a Thanksgiving address, President-elect Barack Obama recognizes the importance of family, gives thanks to our troops and talks about the strength needed to get through economic hardship. (Nov. 27) "<br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-045768384133911244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGybKaYXYV0&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-045768384133911244 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGybKaYXYV0&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGybKaYXYV0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yGybKaYXYV0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-64635859723428999592008-11-28T13:02:00.000-08:002008-11-28T13:13:25.997-08:0077 Days of Prayer for the New President: Day 22-24<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jp1X7pLyzDmXkh1kKCMhvfbHInBw0Fg1XQpzkkp2kaJe7QY6dMwql2csfxLLs9jhRXs2N0OUhDJ74kXSf871qk_fhiHqLfdt-Qo9mpj5G_ndzo9Cf96HFWO2cnfSh_orpiUNBhTMhQc/s1600-h/barack-obama-family-people-magazine-2008-august3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jp1X7pLyzDmXkh1kKCMhvfbHInBw0Fg1XQpzkkp2kaJe7QY6dMwql2csfxLLs9jhRXs2N0OUhDJ74kXSf871qk_fhiHqLfdt-Qo9mpj5G_ndzo9Cf96HFWO2cnfSh_orpiUNBhTMhQc/s320/barack-obama-family-people-magazine-2008-august3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273818963702932770" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;"><strong>For the President- and Vice President-Elect’s families to be protected by God moment by moment<br /></strong><em>But let all who take refuge in You be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.<br /></em>—Psalm 5:11 </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;">Holy Lord God, You alone are deserving of our complete faith and trust. You can do anything and Your plans cannot be undermined by even the wisest or cleverest of persons. As You showed Your faithfulness to the psalmist, You show Your faithfulness to us day by day.<br /><br />Now, God, we ask that You will do the same for the families of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. In their positions they are vulnerable to attack from forces both literal and spiritual. Protect them, Lord, and keep them under Your mighty wings, that they may witness Your power and know that it is You, and You alone God, who is ministering to them. We pray this, O Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus, amen.</p><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage">By the Presidential Prayer Team</a></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-10060225672600217312008-11-25T12:28:00.000-08:002008-11-25T13:21:39.347-08:00Obama Wows Them: The President-elect Economic Team Praised Across The political Spectrum<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Barack Obama's economic team received enthusiastic welcome from most observers and insiders. Below are the video announcement of the team together with a short introduction of one member of the economic team, Melody Barnes.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="font-weight: bold;">President-elect Obama Annouces Economic Team</em><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04468110735855695 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpUMHeG6aDs&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04468110735855695 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpUMHeG6aDs&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpUMHeG6aDs&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpUMHeG6aDs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Melody Barnes Introduces Herself</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" class="hLink" title="Inside the Transition: Melody Barnes" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QCSeSEE1g&feature=channel"> </a><br /><em></em></p><p><em><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04468110735855695 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-QCSeSEE1g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04468110735855695 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-QCSeSEE1g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></a><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-QCSeSEE1g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-QCSeSEE1g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object></em></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><em>And Below, A Selection Of Impressive Critics</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em style="font-weight: bold;">The Economist</em><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br />"Mr Geithner brings two crucial qualities. First, he represents continuity...he is now a familiar face to the most senior executives on Wall Street and to central bankers and finance ministers overseas. Second, he represents competence. He has spent more time on financial crises, from Mexico and Thailand to Brazil and Argentina, than probably any other policymaker in office today."</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brad Setser, fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; former Treasury official who worked briefly for Geithner both there and at the International Monetary Fund:</span><br />"I am thrilled that Mr. Geithner looks to be Obama's choice for Treasury Secretary. I am also pleased that President Obama also found a way to pull Dr. [Lawrence] Summers...into the administration. The current, severe crisis will provide plenty of work for both....I hope that the combination of Dr. Summers' intellectual creativity and Mr. Geithner's disciplined analysis and political acumen proves fruitful."</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Calello, CEO, Credit Suisse Investment Bank:</span><br />"I think Tim [Geithner] is a great choice for the job. He has the intellect, the experience and the ability to work across many constituencies that you need in that job. It's also important to note that Tim has both the domestic and international experience that is going to be very important going forward."</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce:</span><br />"President-elect Obama has chosen a strong, experienced economic team. Restoring the nation's economic health must be our top priority and the Chamber stands ready to work with the new administration to spur growth and job creation. This team brings a wealth of knowledge to Washington and an understanding that any sustainable economic recovery will involve the business sector. Tim Geithner has a deep understanding of our capital markets and the experience and credibility to tackle our nation's biggest challenge -- restoring our economy and rebuilding our financial markets. He has been directly engaged in all the steps taken so far to address this unprecedented crisis and is well qualified to lead the Treasury Department. Larry Summers' knowledge of economic issues and past experience as Treasury secretary will serve President Obama well. Likewise, Christina Romer and Melody Barnes will bring an understanding that any sustainable economic recovery will involve the business sector."</span></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-19699980427583333462008-11-25T12:09:00.000-08:002008-11-25T12:13:00.361-08:0077 Days of Prayer for the New President: Day 21<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_o6fBfeUwnbLRgmcPEqbBFo_FBap-LveuMVqf7Xdn8QE_SfjIkdM864euRyaB_G_CW00z8Dc2aZd_xql_0LJL9y9g_wlZgkVqojXSdxrp1wvUV4PLgM30-KB46WgyXP8ztSEHxMggJk/s1600-h/2249600440_1674c40df3_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_o6fBfeUwnbLRgmcPEqbBFo_FBap-LveuMVqf7Xdn8QE_SfjIkdM864euRyaB_G_CW00z8Dc2aZd_xql_0LJL9y9g_wlZgkVqojXSdxrp1wvUV4PLgM30-KB46WgyXP8ztSEHxMggJk/s320/2249600440_1674c40df3_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272690216350344578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="font-family: arial;">Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.</em><br /><em style="font-family: arial;"></em><span style="font-family:arial;">—Hebrews 4:16</span> </div><p style="line-height: 130%; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">O Gracious God, I praise and thank You for the grace You give so freely to all in Your kindness, mercy and love. Thank You for the rich provision of Your Son, Jesus Christ who tore the veil and opened the way for us to approach You with our petitions and concerns.<br /><br />Bless, O Lord, our new President with a constant awareness that You are present with him and long for him to turn to You, to bring his needs and concerns to You, and to willingly receive Your kind provision and answers. Draw him to Your Word as revealed in the Scriptures and cause him to come to You with his every concern so he will find Your help with confidence and peace. In Your loving name, amen.</p><p style="line-height: 130%; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage">By The Presidential Prayer Team</a><br /></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-38920067113855195752008-11-25T11:10:00.000-08:002008-11-25T12:07:41.788-08:00Barack Obama Elementary School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAxf99sYpeVeRJs_ZZWLsU7jzDRZVPprzs5WmoL-6vIr0oZnpx9R9_Qnyh2lFB9kiUninNR0Id2cCvL3DuxmpumMjQ3cS2ANqAeNc_vVEpdIyttYzDt0KPnoh1O47r79QxoZyTkZIbts/s1600-h/open+book.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAxf99sYpeVeRJs_ZZWLsU7jzDRZVPprzs5WmoL-6vIr0oZnpx9R9_Qnyh2lFB9kiUninNR0Id2cCvL3DuxmpumMjQ3cS2ANqAeNc_vVEpdIyttYzDt0KPnoh1O47r79QxoZyTkZIbts/s320/open+book.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272688274481653714" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">Few days ago, Political Punch' <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/11/yes-we-can-stud.html"><strong>Jake Tapper</strong></a> reported that</p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">A New York elementary school has been re-named in honor of President-elect Barack Obama. Ludlum Elementary School in Long Island's <a href="http://www.hempsteadschools.org/">Hempstead Union Free School District</a> was re-named at a board meeting Thursday, at the request of numerous school students. </p><div style="font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">"Just to watch these kids after the board voted on what they asked them to do, they were so elated," school district superintendent Dr. Joseph Laria told ABC News. "You want to talk about "Yes we can!"? That was a lesson in democracy."</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Effective immediately, Ludlum will now be known as Barack Obama Elementary School, following a decision by the board to adopt the resolution drafted by students and staff.</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">While some are calling this move a "cult of personality", I believe this decision should be viewed as an event </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >"honoring those who inspire us"</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. Remember that the school name has been amended on students' request. Indeed, in the course of our lives we demonstrate - in various and creative ways - great kindness to individuals who helped shape our character. We are grateful to those mentors without whom we would not have been where we are now; Friends, parents, relatives and even strangers are showered with our praises whenever they make a positive contribution in our lives.<br />So why not rename a school after a politician who made us realize that honesty, transparency, courage, altruism, generosity and most importantly HOPE can cohabit with politics and power. A man who convincingly reminded us that hard work truly pays off whenever we remain persistent. Finally, in his acceptance speech in Denver last August Barack Obama repeated one of the most important rules that shaped his campaign: "you are not strong by putting other people down. You're strong by lifting other people up".</span> </div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-4515851111296420902008-11-25T10:54:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:09:34.532-08:00MoveOn: United For Change<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3RpvWJe2Yyi5ngidrxQvw53bFg_Z2cu7RATy-lcjEY0rxo4tebkUbryxJNxiOG7LUZzWClf8-j_g46ixjxb1a-MkziQ3W9IhvEFIdnsoK_U4hOoJlMn4qrOqLN4yaFYIRBnKpzTTlCQ/s1600-h/united+for+change.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3RpvWJe2Yyi5ngidrxQvw53bFg_Z2cu7RATy-lcjEY0rxo4tebkUbryxJNxiOG7LUZzWClf8-j_g46ixjxb1a-MkziQ3W9IhvEFIdnsoK_U4hOoJlMn4qrOqLN4yaFYIRBnKpzTTlCQ/s400/united+for+change.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272673749726746482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><p>The Democrat <span>grassroots</span> organization <a href="http://www.moveon.org/">MoveOn.org</a> and its members feel <span>strongly that those who voted to elect Obama president crucially need to keep the momentum going and continue organizing for change.</span> </p> <p> As Barack Obama himself has said repeatedly throughout the presidential campaign, change depends on everyone. MoveOn reminds its members today that there are <span style="font-style: italic;">"tens of thousands of lobbyists in Washington, funded by countless millions from corporations and industry groups. The oil and coal companies. The pharmaceutical industry. The HMOs. The telecoms. </span><strong style="font-style: italic;">They're all gearing up right now to stop any bold health care bill or energy plan dead in its tracks.</strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> They're going to fight Obama at every step. We have to be prepared to fight back harder."</p> <p> In response the organization is launching a huge campaign in Washington with the voices of ordinary people who are longing for change. On TV, on billboards and buses, in district offices and the halls of Congress.</p> <p> If you want to get involved click here: <a href="http://www.moveon.org/">http://www.moveon.org/</a><br /></p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="overflow: hidden;">Alternatively, you can donate here:</p><p style="overflow: hidden;"> <a href="https://pol.moveon.org/donate/gobig.html?id=15166-10549100-pDN_FVx&t=3" target="_blank">https://pol.moveon.org/donate/<wbr>gobig.html?id=15166-10549100-<wbr>pDN_FVx&t=3</a></p></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"></span>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-38602938580205234062008-11-24T14:12:00.000-08:002008-11-25T12:09:33.749-08:0077 Days of Prayer for the New President: Day 20<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOxbPxMjO2s9zzJYbeHjelbWcvuWYXbTWo3CBqx7yndDXSdbfBcXaLw8VeR74wZ_rr6Pf38RPG5p_3_SPYuqnHgmxg6yx5h3PNuN8dzvFwO2GEQf8ldLbWTpV0EQ6SGMv9z34U9VRw8s/s1600-h/sasha+and+malia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOxbPxMjO2s9zzJYbeHjelbWcvuWYXbTWo3CBqx7yndDXSdbfBcXaLw8VeR74wZ_rr6Pf38RPG5p_3_SPYuqnHgmxg6yx5h3PNuN8dzvFwO2GEQf8ldLbWTpV0EQ6SGMv9z34U9VRw8s/s400/sasha+and+malia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272353391840624738" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;"><strong></strong><em>Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.<br /></em>—1 Chronicles 16:24 </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;">Awesome God, there is no truth to be found anywhere in all creation apart from You. All Your words and ways are true and Your righteous laws last forever. Your glory is evident, and Your works are manifest in the world You have made.<br /><br />Lord, we ask for Your glory to be revealed in the lives of the President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden. We ask for them to be open and accepting of Your presence and direction. Let them foster openness toward Christian faith in their administration in which issues of faith and biblical truth are discussed candidly and without hesitation in the White House in ways we could not have anticipated. Let this be done, Lord, according to Your will, in the name of Jesus, amen.<br /></p><p style="line-height: 130%;"><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage"><span style="font-style: italic;">By the Presidential Prayer Team</span></a><br /></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-87396152744560300692008-11-23T06:48:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:04:17.908-08:00Photo Of The Week: Michelle O<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FfucDClspnkmHF7iM4DvhJ2jh3gGM5BUTqSVBK8nAo-tR0iEkKi0lPfqjKerUuChagzTQbilE5t7Q2Cs8MPu_nHJ5ajv9i3igxd0GEfSIP9LEhs4LDaqb1JcNsR7NOjiKKEu25jJdY8/s1600-h/michelle3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FfucDClspnkmHF7iM4DvhJ2jh3gGM5BUTqSVBK8nAo-tR0iEkKi0lPfqjKerUuChagzTQbilE5t7Q2Cs8MPu_nHJ5ajv9i3igxd0GEfSIP9LEhs4LDaqb1JcNsR7NOjiKKEu25jJdY8/s400/michelle3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271865548401299906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.change.gov/learn/michelleobama">Michelle Obama</a>, 44, is a Princeton- and Harvard-educated lawyer raised by blue-collar parents on the working-class South Side of Chicago.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She used to talk often on the campaign trail about being a working mother. Until recently, she juggled a job as a hospital executive with raising two young daughters, Malia 10 and Natasha (Sasha) 7, and lending support to her 47-year-old husband's political aspirations.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> Michelle is a strong-minded woman who exudes confidence and is an accomplished public speaker.<br /><br />She served a crucial role of giving emotional support to Barack amid the grueling slog of the campaign. It is reported that Barack Obama's mood brightened visibly when his wife joined him on the campaign trail.<br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Thanks to the photographer who took the shot<br /></span>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-61992117569293796432008-11-23T05:47:00.000-08:002008-11-23T06:43:39.264-08:00Avon: The Michelle Obama Style Guide<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9KJcyB6zEliQh1mq2QEbuUcheBF0eqL9O-jqJoOShOVfcaH-umGkEJqjVafducSPTPpFViUnAIsmwKI3orG-HLZT8v-G_qm4pZl50A7WiUsThPARwXNT56s5Vw_YfYxCgSSRFvU9dVI/s1600-h/michellle+obama+look.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9KJcyB6zEliQh1mq2QEbuUcheBF0eqL9O-jqJoOShOVfcaH-umGkEJqjVafducSPTPpFViUnAIsmwKI3orG-HLZT8v-G_qm4pZl50A7WiUsThPARwXNT56s5Vw_YfYxCgSSRFvU9dVI/s400/michellle+obama+look.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271857913488174722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;">According to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/081120-avon-to-release-michelle-obama-styl.aspx">Vogue</a>, Michelle O.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>is getting her own fashion book<span style="font-style: italic;">. "</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Avon has signed former Made moiselle editor </span><strong style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Mandi Norwood</strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to pen a "</span><strong style="font-style: italic;">Michelle </strong> <strong style="font-style: italic;">Obama</strong><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Style Guide</span>," due out next spring. Avon vice president </span><strong style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Carrie Feron</strong><span style="font-style: italic;"> said: "Not since Jackie O have we had a first lady become a fashion icon. Michelle Obama will be one of history's most vibrant first ladies; she has a distinctive style that every American woman can aspire to, whether the consumer is a Target shopper or some one more likely to be found on Miracle Mile."</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vogue UK </span>has put together a stylish Michelle O slydeshow: <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/gallery.aspx/id,299">http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/gallery.aspx/id,299</a></span><br /></div></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/gallery.aspx/id,299"><br /></a>Photo: Michelle was included as one of the "10 Best Dressed" in the September08 issue of People Magazine.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-06/the-ball-gown-challenge/#"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzGeeGu9l6nxeAUskRZlJQLNwbOeX7LU5nCWXzWtRyZTSg1xhQhH1IrpGRu4_DmEaCnEGKyU8mMQayiQ0Pk4x_n6XxbNAocdvqR0wIxHPxSbQjEVzi4TRNgWrW1AfJZdHD5LVdOjMlR0/s400/michelle+inauguration+dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271857920169858722" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile,<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> Project Runway designers have been drawing Inaugural Ball gowns for Michelle. <span style="font-style: italic;">This is an unofficial project</span>. Click on the picture to access the Daily Beast website.<br /></div></div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-17019043756874334632008-11-23T05:21:00.000-08:002008-11-23T05:39:01.772-08:00Malia & Sasha Obama's New School<div style="text-align: justify;"><object width="350" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lpbP_437ypI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lpbP_437ypI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="225"></embed></object>Natasha (sasha) and Malia Obama will be attending the private Quaker school where Chelsea Clinton and President Nixon's daughters studied. Vice President-elect Joe Biden's granddaughters are also studying there. President-elect Obama and Michelle Obama also considered public schools, aides say, but ended up choosing Sidwell Friends School.</div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-38545487268175610272008-11-23T04:27:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:03:44.661-08:00Jackie Norris: Michelle Obama's Chief Of Staff<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://iowaindependent.com/8666/obama-campaign-a-labor-of-love-jackie-norris-says"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HdEZFV8bdLUEWfknAS9I8RsxdWUDEB424JbVcGbH41pdaENOJRWROI0y62KF-wvB7T14TvPFPK2iIqo-5q-03KQUdz8S9zFGwe5RptK-_tR68ditrNI1_xTx3WjkczSPkZrJamjgG8c/s400/john-jackie-norris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271830061104762914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">For two years Norris worked to elect Barack Obama president, first as a senior adviser during the Iowa Caucuses, then as his state director for the general election. Now she’s heading to Washington to serve as chief of staff to the country’s new First Lady, Michelle Obama.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Click </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://iowaindependent.com/8666/obama-campaign-a-labor-of-love-jackie-norris-says">here </a><span style="font-family:arial;">to read an article about Jackie Norris by the Iowa Independent's </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://iowaindependent.com/author/jhancock/" title="Posts by Jason Hancock">Jason Hancock</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> > </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >John and Jackie Norris at Invesco Field in Denver during the 2008 Democratic National Convention-- courtesy of the Iowa Independent.</span> </div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-14498578906346808242008-11-23T03:47:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:00:39.799-08:00The Obama Administration: David Axelrod, Barack Obama And Robert Gibbs (Photo)<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_Club"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-__j5AstyFPxBxJZk_x2bcvUSFJ9rZj7k9_Tv-pBjRgzeOnjHHqM49FCz9Cgt6hg9N2tqvFyKHqIhMCrIUlByu1slm7ISwpRcAO-re7FBedFcBAZWXxcj6qt0bcPBZ5J1oG4ZtXT1Jc/s400/obamaandco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271820796369581458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><em>Mr. Obama poked fun at himself at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_Club">Gridiron Club</a> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 2006 </span>with, left, his 2008 presidential campaign chief strategist, David Axelrod, and right, his communications director Robert Gibbs.</em><br /></div><em></em></div><em><br /></em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>Back then (March 2006), the columnist <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2006/03/saturday_night_special_bush_ob.html">Lynn Sweet</a> wrote: "</em><span style="font-style: italic;">Sen. </span><strong style="font-style: italic;">Barack Obama </strong><span style="font-style: italic;">(D-Ill.) and vice presidential spouse</span><strong style="font-style: italic;"> Lynne Cheney </strong><span style="font-style: italic;">speak at the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday night. It's Obama for the Democrats and Cheney for the GOP. President </span><strong style="font-style: italic;">Bush</strong><span style="font-style: italic;"> closes the evening. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> They will be under pressure to be very, very funny. It's a white tie night. That's tails for men and gowns for women."</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-weight: bold;">Few days ago <a href="http://www.change.gov/">David Axelrod</a> </span></em><span style="font-weight: bold;">was appointed as Senior Adviser to the President in the </span><em style="font-weight: bold;">Obama Administration</em><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><em style="font-weight: bold;">and few hours ago, </em><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.change.gov/">Robert Gibbs</a> was officially named Press Secretary.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em>Robert A. Reeder/Washington Post</span>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-19996159230119397362008-11-23T02:55:00.000-08:002008-11-23T03:11:46.710-08:0077 Days of Prayer for the New President: Day 18-19<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqKb6-hYB4soDSTb6f6VULhEX6FqU6Xmej5MFOzxcW-4zVg2P8DxrZQ7agNqfyDK1JpSgs_G5ap0aIc6Kt9VU1ssOzlvy8eo5lF6-lScFM9qrUtrsS6O_v5Nx3D_8rGcZtVCVqsKvEaA/s1600-h/obama+oval+office.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqKb6-hYB4soDSTb6f6VULhEX6FqU6Xmej5MFOzxcW-4zVg2P8DxrZQ7agNqfyDK1JpSgs_G5ap0aIc6Kt9VU1ssOzlvy8eo5lF6-lScFM9qrUtrsS6O_v5Nx3D_8rGcZtVCVqsKvEaA/s400/obama+oval+office.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271805827645652610" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>For God Himself to be at work choosing those who will serve in the new administration<br /></strong><em>"Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my family, and from my father's sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.<br /></em>—1 Chronicles 28:4</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">O Holy Lord God, You are Lord of all time and history, and You reign over it in perfect authority and sovereignty. We trust in Your wisdom and Your ways. You call out those You desire to serve You, and You remove those who are not part of Your plans. I praise You for this, and I trust You in it.<br /><br />As our newly-elected President makes plans for his administration, I ask that You identify for him those leaders who You want to serve our country in the coming months and years. I ask for godly, wise persons who will have integrity in all things. I ask for those who will submit their wills to Yours in faith. In Jesus’ name, amen.</span></p><p style="line-height: 130%; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage">By the Presidential Prayer Team</a></span></p>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-82871191847080841572008-11-21T15:11:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:05:35.240-08:00A holiday Message From The ObamasOK, this message is from last year but it's so sweet...there you go!<br /><br /><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1185304443" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=1349141721&playerId=1185304443&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="350" height="225"></embed>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264688592232672552.post-29035541426658266382008-11-21T14:51:00.000-08:002008-11-21T15:05:54.374-08:00Obama Inaugural Song Competition<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Obama supporters never cease to amaze me. It seems like there's a new <span style="font-style: italic;">"Obama something" </span>launched online and off line every single day. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Anyway, someone has just directed me to "<a href="http://obamamae.ning.com/">the </a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://obamamae.ning.com/">Obama Music, Arts, and Entertainment</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >" network where there's a competition underway for <span style="font-style: italic;">"the best Obama inaugural song"</span>. There are 69 submissions and visitors' mission is to help determine the semi-finalists. The site is open to anyone who wants to vote without having to become a member. Voting links can be found on the homepage and under the "song contest" tab. Voting is open for one week. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Interested? Click on the link> </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.obamamae.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;">www.obamamae.com</span></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></div>Pray For Barack Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384699092237770729noreply@blogger.com0