7 posts tagged “barak obama”
At some point during the day I like to log on to the New York Times web site to check out their "Pictures of the Day". Since I don't own a television by choice, it's a great way to kind of get the visual images of the day's news events. I was very intrigued and pleased by this picture today.
I saw one of these a few days ago in New Mexico and wish I had had my digital camera w/me. Nonetheless, let me echo how much I hope Latinos turn out en masse in the 2008 election to support Obama.
The NBA playoffs are in the first round and I have yet to really start following. I am pulling for the Boston Celtics to do it all. I am sooooo loving the NBA playoff advertising concept "There Can Only Be One". The one featuring LeBron James and Kevin Garnett is below.
I just got a great suite of photos from my hometown friend Charles Tolbert from the Obama campaign trail in Pennsylvania. My friend Charles is an intellectual property and entertainment attorney in New York. Here are a few of the photos I particularly found interesting.
Man it's been quite awhile since I've written on this blog. Winter got me down. Work keeps me occupied and I have not had a reliable broadband conncection for awhile. However now winter is winding down in ABQ. My job is a little less hectic and demanding and my broadband connection is more constant.
Hmmm ... I wrote that I would be exploring Lawrence Lessing, current events in Africa, the state of the Internet, and Web 2.0 when I did start blogging again. I will indeed find myself writing about those topics soon. However I need to really focus on the candidacy of Barak Obama and it's relevance to my life and my political values.
I just got done reading a spot on article in the latest edition of one of my favorite magazines, "Fast Company". The article is entitled "The Brand Called Obama". The thrust of the article is the ramifications and implications of the Obama candidacy on the marketplace and business. The article can be read here.
Although I am quite tired of the media circus that the 2008 democratic presidential primary season has become, I am becoming more and more interested to see if Obama can pull of the nomination and the eventual presidency. The past eight years have totally jaded my opinion of electoral politics and the candidacy of Obama has been a bright point.
For Christmas, my father gave me Obama's book The Audacity of Hope on CD and I have listened to about half of it. I was immediately struck by the way Obama thinks and expresses himself. This man is very intelligent and highly articulate. Godspeed Barak Obama you have truly changed the face of American politics. You have my vote.
I've come out previously on this blog in support of Bill Richardson's candidacy for President of the United States. I continue to be bolstered by my choice after living in New Mexico for nine months now and learning about the things Richardson has done for this state and also listening to New Mexico locals/natives discuss their views of this man. On paper Richardson is more qualified than Hillary or Obama, the media/money darlings of the moment. Nonetheless Richardson still faces an uphill battle for name recognition and fund raising. It's time to seriously start paying attention folks to what type of presidency we want the United States to have in the post George W. Bush years. There will be a great deal of work to be done and I still think Richardson is the man.
The news yesterday was about Hillary Clinton obatining a political endorsement from Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa of Los Angeles. This is obviously an important endorsement as Villaraigos is one of the most well connected Democrats in California and among the most influential Latinos in the nation. It will be interesting to see how this will effect the Richardson campaign among Latino voters in Los Angeles. The New York Times reported yesterday ... “Governor Richardson is more interested in getting the support of Latino voters rather than big-name Latino leaders,” said the spokesman Pahl Shipley. “He has never felt that high-profile endorsements help much in a campaign.”.
I invite you to view video clips of Bill Richardson discussing his energy plan and views on the war in Iraq from the organization Democracy For America. The link is here.
Stay abreast of current events, get your news from a variety of sources, pay attention to the specifics of the upcoming political primaries, register to vote, and let's begin to repair the damage that has been done for the past 8 years in our country.
