Video clip fo the Prez in Seattle on May 10-2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON2ZOGDIj_U

Day 1,218 in The Age Of Obama

So, two years have gone by since I wrote here last, and it's not because I didn't have anything to say, but have just been busy doing other things, like working out and re-writing my book to finally get it published on Amazon.com! Anyway, one of the reasons I stopped blogging was the fact that I really didn't think I could add much of anything about the state of the country and the Obama administration. Let's face it, what was supposed to be a turning point in America, by electing our first black and white president, has instead brought out all the vermin, usually hidden in quiet rooms, behind closed doors. So let me quickly state that I still love my president and feel incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful man at the helm of our ship of state! I can sleep at night with him in the Oval Office, and his wonderful family at his side. I have gone all out this year in order to bring him back for another four years, and so have all of my friends. We are already, or will be volunteering at some point, and making people aware of the dire situation, should Romney be "elected"! As you are all aware of sickness which has swept this country, I won't bore you with all the nasty reminders, but focus instead on bringing you some very short videos and photos of President Obama's recent visit to Seattle, where I was lucky enough to attend an event at the Paramount theater. Apologies for the poor quality of the visuals of the vids, but the sounds tell the story of our feelings for the Prez in this State!

For Earth Day-- Day 459 in the Age of Obama

I am the earth
Oil is my blood
Minerals are my veins
Everything taken from my body leaves me weak -and weaker day by day lately
From now on I use new rules
Every time you take too much from me
I will take a lot from you
The tectonic plates have run dry after five billion years
My blood consumed in a few blinks of an eye, after so long
For centuries you have given me your dead,
Replenishing my needs in the process without ever realizing how things work
Now you’ll learn
You call them tsunamis—I call it fishing for tasty human meat

Day 432 in the Age of Obama

My cranky level is on low right now—thanks to you Mr. President and your totally infectious smile!
I was very glad to find out that on Saturday the 27^th of March –(the largest PUBLIC call to action EVER) took place, as thousands of citizens throughout the world turned off their lights for one full hour.
This is called Earth Hour and it’s the second year in which I was involved. The aim of this public participation is to draw attention to the problems associated with Climate Change and the shocking effects on our wildlife and us.
In this country and many others-- we the people have so much to do every day—just in order to survive—that we don’t have the luxury of time to participate in every cause that comes our way—but this is so easy.
While there are many ways to draw attention to the problems of Global Warming and yes –all this crazy weather we are all having throughout the world is caused by the Global Warming -- just turn off all your lights for one full hour and see how it changes your outlook!
I found myself sitting on the same sofa that I use to watch the almighty TV screen—but facing away from it—and it was great. Just conversation for a full hour, in which we’d normally be paying only partial attention to each other while being fully engrossed in our PC or other electronic communication device.
 While I love all my modern conveniences, it costs a lot of money and energy to have it all. Not that I personally have anything of value—my TVs are old, very old, as is my PC and my car—but they work and I will not replace them unless they are actually broken, but I love my cable service and all the choices it gives me—(and of course the Super-fast internet)—but that’s another subject for another day.
It was actually my favorite and progressive radio-station AM-1090, which reminded me to turn off my lights—and I thank them for that.
I also want to thank all the organizers around the world, including those in my State of Washington, who turned off major lights around the city of Seattle, including those of the Space Needle and Pike Place markets. I read that places like New York City, turned off all their lights on the tallest buildings like the Empire State and the Chrysler Buildings, and I wish I had been there –and everywhere else to watch the lights go out.
Altogether more than 4000 cities took part in this event—and I want to thank you all!
I wonder how much energy we actually saved and how much we could save if we turned our lights off everyday for one hour?
It could be done while people were out shopping or working or even while we sleep—which makes the most sense to me.
All we need is some kind of master switch and a system that keeps our electronic clocks running throughout the night—so we don’t have to reset everything all the time and it could work.
I’m sure that some people already have these systems in place—but I wonder if they actually use them?

Day 426 in the Age of Obama

Day 426 in the Age of Obama

Wow –what a change in my mood and in the mood of the country since my last entry, and at long last this cranky old woman feels like writing something again.

SO while the going’s GOOD—I want to say this:

Thank you President Obama and all the brave ones who stood with you.

Thank you for sharing your joy with us while signing the new Healthcare Bill, your smile was infectious!

Thanks for the laugh Joe Biden –it just had to be!

Thank you Nancy P. and Harry R. too!
You finally used the power allotted to you, please do not stop—this is what your people want and expect from you

I may not have gotten the plan I wanted; which as any one who reads my stuff knows is a single player plan, but this is better than nothing for millions of people, including my loved ones.

Lets all look at this as a first step toward a more perfect plan and pray the naysayers and members of the No Party will begin to see the light. After all, they are our human brethren— aren't they?

My mood is already changing, just hearing the babbling of certain politicians in the background bent on bringing the president down no matter what, makes me want to scream.

But I’m turning things off again, going to listen to some music and enjoy the sunshine—still warming my deck.

Day 296 in the Age of Obama

Sometimes a blessing and sometimes a curse, I was born with a large dose of empathy and I wish I could put it to better use than I have, up to now.

The day that the US began bombing Afghanistan was certainly one of my worst days, one where I could not function in any normal fashion. All I could do that day was lie on my couch with my face turned inward and weep. A feeling of such deep despair overtook me and weighed me down and not even my son could snap me out of it.

Having lived for long enough to have lost most of my family members in the first and second World Wars, I have believed forever that violence can never be fought with more violence.

I personally have quite a temper that often feels just seconds away from a violent outburst of some sort--meaning that I do understand how easy it is to lose one self and turn in the wrong direction.

So, when I heard that President Obama was seriously considering a further deployment of possibly 40.000 troops as the general on the ground is demanding in Afghanistan, that same kind of gloom began to overtake me.

Even though I seriously love our new president,I obviously wish that he was far more liberal than he has been so far, but given the totally wrecked state of this country when it was turned over to him, he is doing really well. Especially in these past weeks, when so much extra violence occurred--here and abroad.
You can see the extra gray in his hair and he looks a lot thinner--so all this is taking a huge toll on him---and how could it not?

How can one live normally and try to solve the world's problems knowing that trying to bring healthcare to the general public, is being compared to 'death-camps and Nazism? What is wrong with these people who spout that kind of shit?
I put it down to pure ignorance and a willingness by some to exploit those who have no thoughts of their own, but it really really ticks me off when I see that kind of stuff happening. It turns me off to the extent that I have to tune out any kind of interaction with the media, as it drives me to the screaming point and only music and reruns of Star Trek will soothe my troubled soul, lest I run screaming through the streets in frustration, ready to be hauled in by the authorities.

I have lived through Communism in East Berlin, experienced Nazism in the first degree, and I challenge anyone to to show me the similarities between our situation here in the US right now, and the realities of the World War Two isms.

Let's face it President Obama is always going to be between a rock and a hard place,the incredibly sick and obnoxious far right, and us progressive liberals with our righteous indignation--so taking a centrist position is the only way he will ever get anything done.

So, either way if he doesn't comply with the generals promoting more death and war, all for the sake of 'Freedom'--he will be seen as being 'soft of terrorism', even if we're lucky enough to escape any horrific attacks during his tenure.

And if he does send a lot more troops than how can he honor his commitment to peace in the world?
Will that mean his "Vietnam" is indeed Afghanistan, as so many pundits have been expounding?

So I was incredibly pleased and encouraged to hear that the president is not forging ahead (at least not yet)with a big increase of troops, but is concentrating on an 'end-game' theory, meaning that our goal is to leave the war zone asap.

So once again I can go to bed tonight with the knowledge that the fate of the world lies in capable, sensitive hands, and for that I am so grateful.

My fellow Americans, today is the 275th Day in the Age of Obama…and

It’s also exactly one month since I became an American Citizen.
Here is what I started to write about three weeks ago

I still cannot utter these words without tearing up--but at long last, after more than 20 years of living in this country--I became a citizen on the 22nd of September.

Some of you might remember me, some might not, but I have been one of the most liberal voices on this blog since I joined up in November 04, when I discovered others just like me, believed that things had gone quite wrong in OHIO.

But those times have passed and I don’t want to bore anyone with my life story here, but suffice to say that my citizenship was hard won, with a steep price to pay in more ways than one.

I actually never intended to go for naturalization, but then Barack Obama arrived on the scene and I knew I couldn’t leave the US just yet after all, and when he became president I knew I’d have to stick around so I could vote at least once

…A lot of water has flown under the bridge since I wrote that chapter above, most of it a dark murky color, representing the awful financial struggles most of us are fighting right now, and the battle rages on. (Also my access to my PC was reduced to fifty %--when my son’s notebook needed to be repaired and we still don’t have it back) so it was hard to find time to write.

Now the time has come and I am about to send off my first ballot ever—and it really feels good and empowering. I hope that all of you are also going out to do your civic duties, as that is the only way that we can all bring the change that President Obama has promised us.

I’ve made a conscious effort to stay away from any harsh criticism of the administration for now—as I’ve stated many times before—because no matter what--I can sleep better knowing that we have such an intellectual president for the first time ever since I’ve lived here, and one by one small step at a time the world is becoming slightly less scary, at least to me!

So thank you Mr. President for putting your life on the line for us everyday, and continuing to slowly undo all the damage done; not only to the USA, but the whole world in the last nine years.

I’m sure in time you will come to see the folly of increasing the war-effort in Afghanistan, and do the right thing diplomatically, rather than wiping the whole region out, as your political opposition is encouraging you to do.

SO my fellow Americans, go and vote…I will!